Low-Lying0+States and (p,t) Strengths in the Actinides

Abstract
We present a noncollective description of the low-lying 0+ states strongly excited in (p,t) reactions in the actinides. The description is based on the possible weakness of the oblate-prolate pairing force, suggested by Griffin, Jackson, and Volkov, and the low density of oblate states near the Fermi surface in these nuclei.