Toward the limit of nuclear binding on the N = Z line: Spectroscopy of Cd-96

Davies, P. J.; Park, J.; Grawe, H.; Wadsworth, R.; Gernhauser, R.; Krucken, R.; Nowacki, F.; Ahn, D. S.; Ameil, F.; Baba, H.; Back, T.; Blank, B.; Blazhev, A.; Boutachkov, P.; Browne, F.; Celikovic, I; Dewald, M.; Doornenbal, P.; Faestermann, T.; Fang, Y.; de France, G.; Fukuda, N.; Gengelbach, A.; Gerl, J.; Giovinazzo, J.; Go, S.; Goel, N.; Gorska, M.; Gregor, E.; Hotaka, H.; Ilieva, S.; Inabe, N.; Isobe, T.; Jenkins, D. G.; Jolie, J.; Jung, H. S.; Jungclaus, A.; Kameda, D.; Kim, G. D.; Kim, Y-K; Kojouharov, I; Kubo, T.; Kurz, N.; Lewitowicz, M.; Lorusso, G.; Lubos, D.; Maier, L.; Merchan, E.; Moschner, K.; Murai, D.; Naqvi, F.; Nishibata, H.; Nishimura, D.; Nishimura, S.; Nishizuka, I; Patel, Z.; Pietralla, N.; Rajabali, M. M.; Rice, S.; Sakurai, H.; Schaffner, H.; Shimizu, Y.; Sinclair, L. F.; Soederstroem, P-A; Steiger, K.; Sumikama, T.; Suzuki, H.; Takeda, H.; Taprogge, J.; Thoele, P.; Valder, S.; Wang, Z.; Warr, N.; Watanabe, H.; Werner, V; Wu, J.; Xu, Z. Y.; Yagi, A.; Yoshinaga, K.; Zhu, Y.     «

Davies, P. J.; Park, J.; Grawe, H.; Wadsworth, R.; Gernhauser, R.; Krucken, R.; Nowacki, F.; Ahn, D. S.; Ameil, F.; Baba, H.; Back, T.; Blank, B.; Blazhev, A.; Boutachkov, P.; Browne, F.; Celikovic, I; Dewald, M.; Doornenbal, P.; Faestermann, T.; Fang, Y.; de France, G.; Fukuda, N.; Gengelbach, A.; Gerl, J.; Giovinazzo, J.; Go, S.; Goel, N.; Gorska, M.; Gregor, E.; Hotaka, H.; Ilieva, S.; Inabe, N.; Isobe, T.; Jenkins, D. G.; Jolie, J.; Jung, H. S.; Jungclaus, A.; Kameda, D.; Kim, G. D.; Kim, Y-...     »

A gamma -decaying isomeric state (tau(1/2) = 197(-17)(+19) ns) has been identified in Cd-96, which is one alpha particle away from the last known bound N = Z nucleus, Sn-100. Comparison of the results with shell-model calculations has allowed a tentative experimental level scheme to be deduced and the isomer to be interpreted as a medium-spin negative-parity spin trap based on the coupling of isoscalar (T = 0) and isovector (T = 1) neutron-proton pairs. The data also suggest evidence for the population of a 9(+) T = 1 state, which is predicted by shell-model calculations to be yrast. Such a low-lying T = 1 state, which is unknown in lighter mass even-even self-conjugate nuclei, can also be interpreted in terms of the coupling of T = 0 and T = 1 neutron-proton pairs.     «

A gamma -decaying isomeric state (tau(1/2) = 197(-17)(+19) ns) has been identified in Cd-96, which is one alpha particle away from the last known bound N = Z nucleus, Sn-100. Comparison of the results with shell-model calculations has allowed a tentative experimental level scheme to be deduced and the isomer to be interpreted as a medium-spin negative-parity spin trap based on the coupling of isoscalar (T = 0) and isovector (T = 1) neutron-proton pairs. The data also suggest evidence for the pop...     »