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High-spin states were investigated with gamma coincidence techniques in neutron-rich Sn isotopes produced in fission processes following 48Ca + 208Pb, 48Ca + 238U, and 64Ni + 238U reactions. By exploiting delayedand cross-coincidence techniques, level schemes have been delineated in odd 119-125Sn isotopes. Particular attention was paid to the occurrence of 19/2+ and 23/2+ isomeric states for which the available information has now been significantly extended. Reduced transition probabilities, B(E2), extracted from the measured half-lives and the established details of the isomeric decays exhibit a striking regularity. This behavior was compared with the previously observed regularity of the B(E2) amplitudes for the seniority v = 2 and 3, 10+ and 27/2- isomers in even- and odd-Sn isotopes, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High-seniority excitations above the 10+ and 27/2- isomeric states were investigated with gamma coincidence techniques in neutron-rich Sn isotopes produced in fission processes following 48Ca+208Pb, 48Ca+238U and 64Ni+238U reactions. In the data analysis, the delayed gamma coincidence technique was used to establish high-spin state structures in all Sn isotopes with isomeric half-lives below 10 µsec. For cases with long-lived isomeric states, the gamma cross-coincidence method was employed to identify such structures. The relevant features of the fusion-fission process were investigated to enable these identifications. The discussion of some details of these analyses is followed by two examples of the results obtained: the 124Sn level scheme and the level energy systematics for selected states established in even Sn isotopes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Neutron-rich 89,91Rb nuclei populated as fission products in heavy-ion reactions have been studied with the Gammasphere array. The previously known level schemes have been extended to higher excitation energies and spins. Spin and parity assignments were based on angular correlation analyses. A value of T½ = 8(2) ns was extracted for the isomeric g9/2 state in 89Rb. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The yrast structure of the neutron-rich nucleus 97Zr has been studied using fission of target-like products in the reaction of a 48Ca beam on a thick 238U target. The level scheme known from the previous studies up to an energy and spin of approx. 4619 keV and 23/2-, respectively, has been extended by about 3 MeV and a few units of angular momentum. The located structure can be discussed in terms of shell model configurations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]