Exotic nuclear excitations

1 Rotational Alignment and Bandcrossings . . 1
1.1 Introduction . . 1
1.2 Rotational Alignment and Bandcrossings . . 2
1.3 Systematics of Bandcrossings . . 7
1.4 Comments and Conclusions . . 20
References . . 21

2 Magnetic Rotation . . 23
2.1 Introduction . . 23
2.2 Magnetic Rotational Bands in the Pb Region . . 25
2.3 Antimagnetic Rotation . . 50
References . . 53

3 Triaxial Strong Deformation and Wobbling Motion . . 55
3.1 Introduction . . 55
3.2 Triaxial Strong Deformation . . 55
3.3 Triaxiality and Wobbling Motion . . 59
3.4 Experimental Results—Even-N Lu Isotopes . . 61
3.5 Discussion . . 70
3.6 Conclusion, Status and Outlook . . 76
References . . 78

4 Chirality in Nuclei . . 81
4.1 Introduction . . 81
4.2 The Nuclear Chiral Phenomenon . . 81
4.3 Fingerprints of Nuclear Chirality . . 83
4.4 A Experimental Results . . 84
4.5 Discussion . . 99
4.6 Conclusions and Perspectives . . 109
References . . 110

Partial List of Books, Review and Some Other Articles Mainly in High Spin Nuclear Structure Physics . . 113

Index . . 119