High- K three-quasiparticle isomers in the proton-rich nucleus 129 Nd

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Petrache, CM, Uusitalo, J, Briscoe, AD, Sullivan, CM, Joss, DT ORCID: 0000-0001-5763-8767, Tann, H, Aktas, Ö, Alayed, B, Al-Aqeel, MAM, Astier, A et al (show 47 more authors) , Badran, H, Cederwall, B, Delafosse, C, Ertoprak, A, Favier, Z, Forsberg, U, Gins, W, Grahn, T, Greenlees, PT, He, XT, Heery, J, Hilton, J, Kalantan, S, Li, R, Jodidar, PM, Julin, R, Juutinen, S, Leino, M, Lewis, MC, Li, JG, Li, ZP, Luoma, M, Lv, BF, McCarter, A, Nathaniel, S, Ojala, J ORCID: 0000-0002-3889-5837, Page, RD ORCID: 0009-0009-7062-711X, Pakarinen, J, Papadakis, P ORCID: 0000-0001-7509-4257, Parr, E, Partanen, J, Paul, ES ORCID: 0000-0003-3651-5084, Rahkila, P, Ruotsalainen, P, Sandzelius, M, Sarén, J, Smallcombe, J, Sorri, J, Szwec, S, Wang, LJ, Wang, Y, Waring, L, Xu, FR, Zhang, J, Zhang, ZH, Zheng, KK and Zimba, G (2023) High- K three-quasiparticle isomers in the proton-rich nucleus 129 Nd. Physical Review C, 108 (1). 014317-.

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Abstract

Three three-quasiparticle isomers, one at an excitation energy of 2.3 MeV with T1/2=0.48(4)μs, and two shorter-lived with unknown half-lives at slightly lower energies have been identified in Nd129 using the MARA + JUROGAM 3 setup and the recoil tagging technique. All three isomers present decay patterns characteristic of high-K isomers. The known 6.7 s β-decaying isomer previously assigned to the 5/2+ level is now assigned to the new 7/2- ground state. A new low-spin 5/2+ isomeric state with a half-life of a few tens of nanoseconds has been identified, while a previously known 2.6 s β-decay activity was assigned to the band head of the ν1/2+[411] band. The transitions depopulating the high-K isomers to low-lying states also establish the relative energies of three low-lying one-quasiparticle bands, leading to a new spin-parity assignment of 7/2- to the ground state of Nd129. The partial half-lives of the depopulating transitions suggest spin-parities 21/2+, 19/2+, and 17/2+ for the three high-K isomers. The properties of the band built on the 21/2+ isomeric state suggest a one neutron-two proton configuration. Based on the results of extensive calculations with different models, we also assign one neutron-two proton configurations to the 19/2+ and 17/2+ isomeric states. The assigned configurations of the 17/2+ and 21/2+ isomeric states involve the π9/2+[404] orbital, which is identified in three-quasiparticle bands of proton-rich A≈130 nuclei.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Aug 2023 09:22
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 00:43
DOI:	10.1103/physrevc.108.014317
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172207