High-precision B(E2) measurements of semi-magic 58,60,62,64Ni by Coulomb excitation

J. M. Allmond,1 B. A. Brown,2,3 A. E. Stuchbery,4 A. Galindo-Uribarri,5,6 E. Padilla-Rodal,7 D. C. Radford,5 J. C. Batchelder,8 M. E. Howard,9 J. F. Liang,5 B. Manning,9 R. L. Varner,5 and C.-H. Yu5 1JINPA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 2National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 4Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 5Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 6Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA 7Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, AP 70-543, 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico 8UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 9Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA (Received 13 May 2014; revised manuscript received 7 August 2014; published 15 September 2014)