Multi-quasiparticle isomers involving proton-particle and neutron-hole configurations in 131I and 133I

H. Watanabe*, K. Ogawa, G. J. Lane, G. D. Dracoulis, A. P. Byrne, P. Nieminen, F. G. Kondev, M. P. Carpenter, R. V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, P. Chowdhury

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    Abstract

    The nuclei 131I and 133I have been populated in multi-nucleon transfer reactions between 136Xe ions and various targets, and their structure investigated by time-correlated γ-ray coincidence spectroscopy and the measurement of γ-ray angular correlations. A 19/2- isomer at 1918 keV, with a half-life of 24(1) s, has been identified in 131I, as well as nanosecond isomers with Jπ = 23/2+ in both isotopes. A T1/2 = 25(3) ns isomer at 4308 keV in 131I is suggested to have Jπ = (31/2-, 33/2-) and is primarily attributed to the coupling of an odd proton in the d5/2 or g7/2 orbit with the (π2)0+(νh11/2-3d 3/2-1)15- configuration in 130Te, responsible for the 15- isomer in that nucleus. The observed level properties are compared with predictions of a shell-model calculation.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1800-1803
    Number of pages4
    JournalModern Physics Letters A
    Volume25
    Issue number21-23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Jul 2010

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