Identification of a high-spin isomer in Mo99

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

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    Abstract

    A previously unreported isomer has been identified in Mo99 at an excitation energy of Ex=3010 keV, decaying with a half-life of T1/2=8(2) ns. The nucleus of interest was produced following fusion-fission reactions between a thick Al27 target frame and a Hf178 beam at a laboratory energy of 1150 MeV. This isomeric state is interpreted as an energetically favored, maximally aligned configuration of νh112 π(g92)2.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number047303
    JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
    Volume76
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2007

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