Coulomb Excitation of High-Spin States inU238

Abstract
Coulomb excitation with Kr and Xe ions has excited the ground-state band of U238 up to the 22+ (tentatively 24+) state and the lowest octupole vibrational band up to 19. No back-bending is observed. The behavior of the octupole band at high spins suggests a Coriolis-induced alignment of the rotational and vibrational angular momenta.