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for Coulomb transitions (<B>NOT</B> Mn(Ek)),
and is the `<EM>reduced</EM> deformation length'
RDEF(k) for nuclear transitions.

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This `reduced deformation length' in the rotational model is
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 \begin{eqnarray}
RDEF(k, I \rightarrow I')
         &=& DEF(k) (-1)^{ [I-I'+|I-I'|]/2}  \sqrt{2I+1} ~ \langle IK k0 | I'K\rangle\\
         &=& M(Ek) * 4\pi / [ 3 Z R^{k-1} ]
\end{eqnarray}
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