M. Harder

Half-Lives of the Odd-Odd N = Z Nuclei

The heavy odd-odd nuclei , , , have been produced at GANIL by fragmentation of a beam on a natural nickel target. The species of interest were selected and identified by their energy loss in a silicon detector and their time of flight through the LISE spectrometer. The ions were implanted in a silicon strip detector in which their -decay was observed. The measured half-lives for , , correspond to superallowed transitions and may sign Fermi transitions on the basis of values. Our experimental results pave the way for further and more precise measurements of these nuclei.

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Nuclei in the region are studied with the shell model. Excitation of particles from the shell is found to be dominated by a pair mode. In fact, such core excited states provide the most important components of the ground state.

Y,

Abstract Excited states have been observed for the first time in 168 Pt and 170 Pt using the α -decay recoil-tagging technique. The trend of decreasing deformation moving away from the N =104 mid-shell continues for 170 Pt but the structure of 168 Pt is significantly different. The low spin level energy systematics in 168 – 184 Pt are presented and discussed within the framework of the interacting boson model.

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The heavy odd-odd N=Z nuclei {sup 78}Y,{sup 82}Nb,{sup 86}Tc have been produced at GANIL by fragmentation of a 60 MeV/u {sup 92}Mo beam on a natural nickel target. Their lifetime have been measured for the first time, using the identification-implantation and subsequent time correlated {beta} counting technique at the LISE spectrometer. The obtained half-lives for {sup 78}Y,{sup 82}Nb,{sup 86}Tc are consistent with the microscopic predictions. These nuclei are good candidates to extend the mass range for the V{sub ud} matrix element evaluation and our experimental results highlight the interest of further investigation of their excited states and {beta} decay schemes as a function of isospin. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

Nb,

The heavy odd-odd N=Z nuclei {sup 78}Y,{sup 82}Nb,{sup 86}Tc have been produced at GANIL by fragmentation of a 60 MeV/u {sup 92}Mo beam on a natural nickel target. Their lifetime have been measured for the first time, using the identification-implantation and subsequent time correlated {beta} counting technique at the LISE spectrometer. The obtained half-lives for {sup 78}Y,{sup 82}Nb,{sup 86}Tc are consistent with the microscopic predictions. These nuclei are good candidates to extend the mass range for the V{sub ud} matrix element evaluation and our experimental results highlight the interest of further investigation of their excited states and {beta} decay schemes as a function of isospin. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}