R. K. Bhowmik

High-spin states in 99Rh

High-spin states in 99Rh are populated through a fusion evaporation reaction 16O+89Y. A comprehensive level scheme with four bands is made on the basis of coincidence studies and DCO ratios. Placements of several transitions are revised and, together with five new transitions detected in the experiment, two new bands are proposed. Two other bands populated in the previous work are confirmed. The configurations of the three quasiparticle band-head states of the new bands are suggested as ( pi (g92/)3) and ( pi (g92/)* nu (h112/)2).

High spin states in102Ag

High spin states are populated in102Ag using the reaction16O+89Y with projectile energies in the energy range 60–80 MeV. Gamma multipolarities are inferred from DCO ratios and coincidence relationships are established among the gamma rays assigned to102Ag. A comprehensive level scheme is constructed with four band systems, two of positive parity and the other two of negative parity. The present study extended spins upto 19− in the main negative parity band. A new band is populated in the present work and is similar to the one observed in106Ag.

Nuclear g-factor measurements of the 9/2 - and 21/2 - isomeric states in 173 Ta

The nuclear g-factors of the one-quasiparticle isomeric state (9/2){sup -} at 165.8 keV and the three-quasiparticle isomeric state (21/2){sup -} at 1713.2 keV in {sup 173}Ta nuclei have been measured using the time differential perturbed angular distribution technique. The nuclear reaction {sup 165}Ho({sup 12}C, 4n{gamma}){sup 173}Ta was used to populate these isomeric states, and the recoiling {sup 173}Ta nuclei were implanted into a thick tantalum backing in the presence of a 7.04(4) kG external magnetic field. The measured value g((9/2){sup -}) = +0.591(18) shows that the (9/2){sup -} isomeric state is not a pure single-particle state but may have a collective contribution due to the octupole excitation of the core. Based on the measured value g((21/2){sup -}) = + 0.620(15) and multi-quasiparticle calculations, the (21/2){sup -} isomeric state is assigned a mixed configuration: {pi}{sup 3}((9/2){sup -}[514], (7/2){sup +}[404] (5/2){sup +}[402]) (39%) and {pi}{sup 1}((7/2){sup +}[404])(multiply-in-circle sign) {nu}{sup 2}((7/2){sup -}[514], (7/2){sup +}[633]) (61%)