Band structures in doubly odd Rh98
Abstract
Excited states in the transitional doubly odd Rh98 nucleus were populated in the As75(Si28,2p3n) fusion-evaporation reaction using the 120-MeV incident Si28 beam. The subsequent de-excitations were investigated through in-beam γ-ray spectroscopic techniques using an early implementation phase of the Indian National Gamma Array (INGA) spectrometer equipped with 18 clover Ge detectors. The level structures in Rh98 have been established up to excitation energy ≈10 MeV and angular momentum ∼23ℏ. The previously reported level schemes are considerably modified and extended substantially. Significant expansion of the level scheme at low excitation energies stipulates that the previously reported 842-726-994-980-265 keV γ-transition cascade in Rh98 is not directly based on the ground state (T1/2 = 8.7 min). Tilted-axis cranking (TAC) shell-model calculations have been used to put the present level scheme of Rh98 in perspective. Level structures have been interpreted in terms of the rotational bands based on the πp1/2⊗νh11/2 [triaxiality parameter (γ) = 25∘], and πf5/2⊗νh11/2 proton-neutron configurations having moderate quadrupole deformation (ɛ2 ≈ 0.13) and the admixtures. Excited band structures are based on the πp1/2/f5/2⊗π(g9/2)2⊗νh11/2 configuration and the fully stretched [πp1/2⊗ν(h11/2)2⊗νd5/2]13- configuration.
- Publication:
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Physical Review C
- Pub Date:
- March 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.034303
- Bibcode:
- 2014PhRvC..89c4303K
- Keywords:
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- 21.10.-k;
- 21.60.-n;
- 23.20.-g;
- 27.60.+j;
- Properties of nuclei;
- nuclear energy levels;
- Nuclear structure models and methods;
- Electromagnetic transitions;
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