Shape coexistence near the neutron number N=20: First identification of   the E0 decay from the deformed 0^+_2 state in 30Mg
  The 1789 keV level in 30Mg was identified as the first excited 0^+ state by measuring its E0 transition to the ground state. The measured small value of rho^2(E0,0^+_2 --> 0^+_1) = 5.7(14) x 10^-3 implies a very small mixing of competing configurations with largely different intrinsic quadrupole deformation near N=20. Axially symmetric Beyond-Mean-Field configuration mixing calculations identify the ground state of 30Mg to be based on neutron configurations below the N=20 shell closure, while the excited 0^+ state mainly consists of a two neutrons excitated into the nu1 f_{7/2} orbital. Using a two-level model, a mixing amplitude of 0.08(4) can be derived. 
W. Schwerdtfeger, P.G. Thirolf, K. Wimmer, D. Habs, H. Mach, T.R.   Rodriguez, V. Bildstein, J.L. Egido, L.M. Fraile, R. Ger...