Structure of three-quasiparticle isomers in Ho169 and Tm171

G. D. Dracoulis, G. J. Lane, R. O. Hughes, F. G. Kondev, H. Watanabe, D. Seweryniak, S. Zhu, M. P. Carpenter, C. J. Chiara, R. V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, E. A. McCutchan, I. Stefanescu, P. Chowdhury

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    Abstract

    A three-quasiparticle isomer with τ=170(8) μs and Kπ= (19/2 +) has been identified in the neutron-rich isotope Ho169. The isomer decays with K-forbidden transitions to members of a band associated with the 7/2-[523] proton configuration, whose structure is characterized through analysis of the in-band γ-ray branching ratios. In the isotone Tm171, the rotational band based on the known 19/2+, three-quasiparticle isomer has also been observed. Alternative one-proton two-neutron configurations for the isomer in Ho169 are discussed in terms of multiquasiparticle calculations and through a comparison with the structures observed in Tm171.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number034317
    JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
    Volume82
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 17 Sept 2010

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