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Interpretation of metastable states in the N>70 Zr region.

Authors :: Browne, F.
Bruce, A. M.
Sumikama, T.
Nishizuka, I.
Nishimura, S.
Doornenbal, P.
Li, J. G.
Lorusso, G.
Söderström, P.-A.
Walker, P. M.
Watanabe, H.
Xu, F. R.
Daido, R.
Patel, Z.
Rice, S.
Sinclair, L.
Wu, J.
Xu, Z. Y.
Yagi, A.
Baba, H.
Source :: European Physical Journal A -- Hadrons & Nuclei. Sep2023, Vol. 59 Issue 9, p1-12. 12p.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Isomeric states were observed in nuclei produced in an experiment at the RIKEN Nishina Center Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory following the in-flight fission of a 345 MeV/nucleon 238 U beam. Isomers reported in nuclei spanning a predicted prolate-oblate shape change boundary, 111 Zr ( E = 283.1 keV; τ = 0.326 (63) μ s), 112 Nb ( E = 44.2 keV; τ = 0.094 (26) μ s), 113 Nb ( E = 135.4 keV; τ = 0.846 (80) μ s), and 115 Mo ( E = 198.6 keV; τ = 63 (4) μ s), are compared to potential-energy surface calculations which gave a selection of low-lying configurations for each nucleus. Tentative assignments of ground and excited states were made based on energy similarities to the calculations, reduced transition probabilities of the decays, and constraints of transition multipolarities from γ -ray coincidence measurements. These assignments are suggestive of significant deformation being persistent for N > 70 in this region. In addition, isomers in 108 Nb, 109 Nb, 113 Tc, 117 Ru, 119 Ru, 120 Rh, and 122 Rh, not spanning the prolate-oblate transition discussed, are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]