1. $\beta$ Decay and Isomeric Properties of Neutron-Rich Ca and Sc Isotopes
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Crawford, H. L., Janssens, R. V. F., Mantica, P. F., Berryman, J. S., Broda, R., Carpenter, M. P., Cieplicka, N., Fornal, B., Grinyer, G. F., Hoteling, N., Kay, B. P., Lauritsen, T., Minamisono, K., Stefanescu, I., Stoker, J. B., Walters, W. B., and Zhu, S.
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Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The isomeric and $\beta$-decay properties of neutron-rich $^{53-57}$Sc and $^{53,54}$Ca nuclei near neutron number $N$=32 are reported, and the low-energy level schemes of $^{53,54,56}$Sc and $^{53-57}$Ti are presented. The low-energy level structures of the $_{21}$Sc isotopes are discussed in terms of the coupling of the valence $1f_{7/2}$ proton to states in the corresponding $_{20}$Ca cores. Implications with respect to the robustness of the $N$=32 subshell closure are discussed, as well as the repercussions for a possible $N$=34 subshell closure., Comment: 17 pages, 17 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. C
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- 2010
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