High-spin, multiparticle isomers in Sb121,123

G. A. Jones, S. J. Williams, P. M. Walker, Zs Podolyák, S. Zhu, M. P. Carpenter, J. J. Carroll, R. S. Chakrawarthy, P. Chowdhury, I. J. Cullen, G. D. Dracoulis, A. B. Garnsworthy, G. Hackman, R. V.F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, G. J. Lane, Z. Liu, D. Seweryniak, N. J. Thompson

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    Abstract

    Isomers in near-spherical Z=51, antimony isotopes are reported here for the first time using fusion-fission reactions between Al27 and a pulsed Hf178 beam of energy, 1150 MeV. γ rays were observed from the decay of isomeric states with half-lives, T1/2=200(30) and 52(3)μs, and angular momenta I=(252) and Iπ=232+, in Sb121,123, respectively. These states are proposed to correspond to ν(h112)2 configurations, coupled to an odd d52 or g72 proton. Nanosecond isomers were also identified at Iπ=192- [T1/2=8.5(5) ns] in Sb121 and Iπ=(152-) [T1/2=37(4) ns] in Sb123. Information on spins and parities of states in these nuclei was obtained using a combination of angular correlation and intensity-balance measurements. The configurations of states in these nuclei are discussed using a combination of spin/energy systematics and shell-model calculations for neighboring tin isotones and antimony isotopes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number034311
    JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
    Volume77
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2008

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