New isomers in
Pd
and
Pd
; Competing proton and neutron excitations in neutron-rich palladium nuclides towards the
shell closure
Pd
および
Pd
の新しい異性体;
閉殻近傍中性子過剰パラジウム原子核の陽子および中性子励起
渡邉 寛*; Wang, H. K.*; Lorusso, G.*; 西村 俊二*; Xu, Z. Y.*; 炭竃 聡之*; Orlandi, R.
; 他47名*
Watanabe, Hiroshi*; Wang, H. K.*; Lorusso, G.*; Nishimura, Shunji*; Xu, Z. Y.*; Sumikama, Toshiyuki*; Orlandi, R.; 47 of others*
The isotopes
Pd and
Pd, respectively with 79 and 81 neutrons, are key isotopes to understand the evolution of the N=82 shell closure below
Pd. These nuclei were studied at RIBF (RIKEN). New isomeric states with half-lives of 144(4) ns and 39(6)
s were assigned spins and parities of (23/2
) and (19/2
) in
Pd and
Pd, respectively. The assignment was carried out based on the results of the
-ray intensity balance analysis and the measured transition strengths with the aid of a shell-model calculation. The isomoer in
Pd was ascribed predominantly to three neutron-hole excitations in the N=50-82 shell. The 19/2
state in
Pd is expected to involve the coupling of proton and neutron configurations. The new data will provide important benchmarks for a better understanding of
-process nucleosynthesis.