The octupole deformation of 143Ba
Based on existence of the octupole deformation in the intrinsic states, the experimentally observed four rotational bands in [Formula: see text]Ba have been well reproduced by the reflection asymmetric shell model (RASM) calculations. Through the analysis of the calculated RASM wave functions, the intrinsic configuration of the observed rotational bands has been assigned as the octupole deformed neutron [Formula: see text] orbit, which is just located below the [Formula: see text] shell gap. The calculated results supported the ground state octupole deformation and the purity of the simplex quantum numbers [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text]Ba. In addition, the calculated [Formula: see text] values are in agreement with experimental data, and further support the octupole deformation in [Formula: see text]Ba.