Related papers: High-spin spectroscopy in $^{207}$At: Evidence of …
The 119-126Sn nuclei have been produced as fission fragments in two reactions induced by heavy ions: 12C+238U at 90 MeV bombarding energy, 18O+208Pb at 85 MeV. Their level schemes have been built from gamma rays detected using the Euroball…
Excited states in the $T_z=-1$ nucleus $^{70}$Kr have been populated using inelastic scattering of a radioactive $^{70}$Kr beam as well as one- and two-neutron removal reactions from $^{71,72}$Kr at intermediate beam energies. The level…
The unconventional electronic ground state of Sr$_3$IrRuO$_7$ is explored via resonant x-ray scattering techniques and angle-resolved photoemission measurements. As the Ru content approaches $x=0.5$ in Sr$_3$(Ir$_{1-x}$Ru$_x$)$_2$O$_7$,…
This work reports on the study of the decay properties along the $^{257}$Db decay chain using the GABRIELA setup. The first observation of a high-K isomer in $^{257}$Db is presented. In addition, an unreported $\alpha$-decay branch in…
We report on mass measurements of three long-lived states in $^{114}$Rh performed with the JYFLTRAP Penning-trap mass spectrometer: the ground state and two isomers with estimated half-lives of about one second. The used Phase-Imaging…
Using resonant two-step laser excitation of trapped $^{232}\mathrm{Th}^+$ ions, we observe 166 previously unknown energy levels of even parity within the energy range from 7.8 to 9.8 eV and angular momenta from $J=1/2$ to $7/2$. We also…
Neutron-rich nuclei in the vicinity of the $N=40$ island of inversion are characterized by shell evolution and exhibit deformed ground states. In several nuclei isomeric states have been observed and attributed to excitations to the…
We report the identification of metastable isomeric states of $^{228}$Ac at 6.28 keV, 6.67 keV and 20.19 keV, with lifetimes of an order of 100 ns. These states are produced by the $\beta$-decay of $^{228}$Ra, a component of the $^{232}$Th…
Polonium isotopes having two protons above the shell closure at $Z=82$ show a wide variety of low-lying high-spin isomeric states across the whole chain. The structure of neutron-deficient isotopes up to $^{210}$Po ($N=126$) is well…
The structure of $3/2^{-}$ and $1/2^{+}$ states in $^{11}$B is investigated with an $\alpha+\alpha+t$ orthogonality condition model (OCM) based on the Gaussian expansion method. Full levels up to the $3/2^{-}_{3}$ and $1/2^{+}_2$ states…
In the present work, we have interpreted recently available experimental data for high-spin states of the near-spherical nuclei $^{91,92}$Zr, using the shell-model calculations within the full $f_{5/2}$, $p_{3/2}$, $p_{1/2}$, $g_{9/2}$…
The properties of a nanosecond isomer in $^{32}$Si, disputed in previous studies, depend on the evolution of proton and neutron shell gaps near the `island of inversion'. We have placed the isomer at 5505.2(2) keV with $J^{\pi} = 5^-$,…
The discovery of naturally occurring long-lived isomeric states (t_1/2 > 10^8 yr) in the neutron-deficient isotopes 211,213,217,218Th [A. Marinov et al., Phys. Rev. C 76, 021303(R) (2007)] was reexamined using accelerator mass spectrometry…
The high-spin states in 153Ho, have been studied by 139 57 La(20Ne, 6n) reaction at a projectile energy of 139 MeV at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata, India, utilizing an earlier campaign of Indian National Gamma Array…
Highly excited states for isospin 1/2 baryons are calculated for the first time using lattice QCD with two flavors of dynamical quarks. Anisotropic lattices are used with two pion masses: 416(36) MeV and 578(29) MeV. The lowest four…
Stimulated by the recent experimental discovery of the sub-$\mu$s fission nucleus $^{252}$Rf [Phys. Rev. Lett. 134 (2025) 022501], we perform an improved configuration-constrained potential-energy-surface calculation, revealing the…
The isomeric yield ratio (IYR) of fission products is an observable that carries relevant information about the fragments emerging from the scission of a fissioning nucleus. We report on IYR of $^{96,98,100}$Y and $^{100,102}$Nb, together…
Long-lived high-spin super- and hyper-deformed isomeric states, which exhibit themselves by abnormal radioactive decays, have been observed using the 16O + 197Au and 28Si + 181Ta reactions. They make it possible to understand the…
A new isomeric $(4^-)$ state at 285.5(32) keV in $^{162}$Tb was reported by R. Orford et al. [Phys. Rev. C 102, 011303(R) (2020)] based on a Penning-trap mass measurement. Here we show that this result is not compatible with existing…
In the present work available experimental data up to high-spin states of $^{119-126}$Sn isotopes with different seniority ($v$), including $v$ = 4, 5, 6, and 7 have been interpreted with shell model, by performing full-fledged shell model…