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5 pags., 3 figs., 2 tabs., Neutron-rich radioactive isotope (RI) beams in the vicinity of Zr110 were produced using the in-flight fission of a 345-MeV/nucleon U238 beam at the RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory. The RI beams were separated in flight by the large-acceptance two-stage fragment separator BigRIPS. Isotopes were clearly identified in a low-background particle-identification plot, which was obtained from the measurements of time of flight, magnetic rigidity, and energy loss using beam-line detectors placed in the BigRIPS separator and the ZeroDegree spectrometer. Nine new isotopes, Br101, Kr102, Rb105,106, Sr108, Y110,111, Zr114, and Nb117, are reported for the first time, with their measured production cross sections compared with the extrapolations of lighter isotopes down to the femtobarn regime., This experiment was carried out at the RIBF operated by the RIKEN Nishina Center, and the Center for Nuclear Study, the University of Tokyo. The authors acknowledge the RIBF accelerator staffs for their efforts in delivering an intense 238U beam. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grants No. 2301752, No. 24740188, No. 25247045, No. 26800117, and No. 16K17680, NRF Grant No. 2016K1A3A7A09005575, STFC Grants No. ST/J000132/1, No. ST/J000051/1, No. ST/K502431/1, No. ST/L005743/1, No. ST/P003885/1, No. ST/P003982/1, and No. ST/P005314/1, DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-91ER 40609, BMBF Grant No. 05P19RDFN1, and Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación under Contracts No. FPA2009- 13377-C02 and No. FPA2011-29854-C04. P.H.R. and G.L. acknowledge additional support from the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) via funding for the UK National Measurement System. P.-A.S. was financed by the RIKEN Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher Program

15 pags., 10 figs., 4 tabs., Newly observed decay schemes of the nuclei Sb137 and Sb138 are reported. The neutron-rich Sb isotopes were produced by the in-flight fragmentation of a U238 primary beam with an energy of 345 MeV/nucleon. Several new excited states of Te137 with tentatively assigned spin-parities of (5/2-), (9/2-), and (7/2) have been established which play an important role in the evolution of neutron levels beyond N=82. The study of the ß decay of Sb138 led to a considerable extension of the level scheme of Te138 including the identification of several nonyrast states. The structure of Te137 and Te138 is discussed on the basis of large-scale shell-model calculations performed using two different effective interactions., This work was carried out at the RIBF operated by RIKEN Nishina Center and CNS, University of Tokyo. Part of the WAS3ABi was supported by the Rare Isotope Science Project (RISP) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) and National Research Foundation (NRF) of the Republic of Korea (Grant No. 2013M7A1A1075764). This research was supported by NRF of the Republic of Korea (Grants No. 2019R1A6A3A03031564 and No. 2018R1A5A1025563), IBS of the Republic of Korea (Grants No. IBS-R031-D1 and No. IBS-R031-Y1), the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Grant No. FPA2017-84756-C4-2-P), and JSPS KAKENHI of Japan (Grant No. 25247045). The support from FR-JP LIA is also acknowledged. C.S.L. acknowledges the support from NRF of the Republic of Korea (Grants No. 2017M2A2A6A02071071 and No. 2016R1D1A1A09917463). Z.V. acknowledges the supports from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary, financed under the K18 funding scheme with Project No. K128947 and by the European Regional Development Fund (Grant No. GINOP-2.3.3-15-2016- 00034), as well as by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office NKFIH (Grant No. PD 124717).

A. I. Morales et al.; 14 págs.; 9 figs.; 3 tabs., Low-lying excited states in Ni72 have been investigated in an in-flight fission experiment at the RIBF facility of the RIKEN Nishina Center. The combination of the state-of-the-art BigRIPS and EURICA setups has allowed for a very accurate study of the β decay from Co72 to Ni72, and has provided first experimental information on the decay sequence Fe72→Co72→Ni72 and on the delayed neutron-emission branch Co73→Ni72. Accordingly, we report nearly 60 previously unobserved γ transitions which deexcite 21 new levels in Ni72. Evidence for the location of the so-sought-after (42+),(62+), and (81+) seniority states is provided. As well, the existence of a low-spin β-decaying isomer in odd-odd neutron-rich Co isotopes is confirmed for mass A=72. The new experimental information is compared to simple shell-model calculations including only neutron excitations across the fpg shells. It is shown that, in general, the calculations reproduce well the observed states. ©2016 American Physical Society, The excellent work of the RIKEN accelerator staff for providing a stable and high-intensity 238U beam is acknowledged. Part of he WAS3ABi was supported by the Rare Isotope Science Project, which is funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) and National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea. This work is cofinanced by the European Union and the European Social Fund. Support from italian Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) Grant No. 2001024324_01302, the NuPNET-ERANET within the NuPNET GANAS project under Grant Agreement No. 202914, and the European Union within the 7th Framework Program FP7/2007-2013 under Grant Agreement No. 262010 ENSAR-INDESYS is acknowledged. This work was also financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación under ContractsNo. FPA2009-13377-C02 and No. FPA2011-29854-C04, the Hungarian Research Fund OTKA Contract No. K100835 and No. K106035, the European Commission through the Marie Curie Actions Contract No. PIEFGA-2001-30096, and by the Japanese JSPS KAKENHI Grants No. 24740188 and No. 25247045