Abstract
A second γ-decaying high-spin isomeric state, with a half-life of 197(22)ns, has been identified in the N=Z+2 nuclide 94Pd as part of a stopped-beam Rare Isotope Spectroscopic INvestigation at GSI (RISING) experiment. Weisskopf estimates were used to establish a tentative spin/parity of 19−, corresponding to the maximum possible spin of a negative parity state in the restricted (p1/2, g9/2) model space of empirical shell model calculations. The reproduction of the
E3 decay properties of the isomer required an extension of the model space to include the f5/2 and p3/2 orbitals using the CD-Bonn potential. This is the first time that such an extension has been required for a high-spin isomer in the vicinity of 100Sn and reveals the importance of such orbits for understanding the decay properties of high-spin isomers in this region. However, despite the need for the extended model space for the E3 decay, the dominant configuration for the 19− state remains (πp−11/2g−39/2)11⊗(νg−29/2)8. The half-life of the known, 14+, isomer was remeasured and yielded a value of 499(13) ns.
E3 decay properties of the isomer required an extension of the model space to include the f5/2 and p3/2 orbitals using the CD-Bonn potential. This is the first time that such an extension has been required for a high-spin isomer in the vicinity of 100Sn and reveals the importance of such orbits for understanding the decay properties of high-spin isomers in this region. However, despite the need for the extended model space for the E3 decay, the dominant configuration for the 19− state remains (πp−11/2g−39/2)11⊗(νg−29/2)8. The half-life of the known, 14+, isomer was remeasured and yielded a value of 499(13) ns.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 061309 |
Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Dec 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |