Study of the Kπ=8 -  Isomeric Decay in the N=74 Isotone  128 Xe

Orce, N; Bruce, A M; Emmanouildis, A; Byrne, Aidan; Dracoulis, George; Hazel, J.; Kibedi, Tibor; Walker, Paul A; Podolyak, Zs.; Caamano, M; El Masri, H; Wheldon, C; Cullen, D M

Study of the Kπ=8 - Isomeric Decay in the N=74 Isotone 128 Xe

Date

2002

Authors

Orce, N

Bruce, A M

Emmanouildis, A

Byrne, Aidan

Dracoulis, George

Hazel, J.

Kibedi, Tibor

Walker, Paul A

Podolyak, Zs.

Caamano, M

Publisher

Kyoto University

Abstract

For prolate deformations around ε2 ≈0.22 at neutron number N = 74 the neutron orbits 7/2+[404] and 9/2-[514] are close to the Fermi surface and may combine to give Kπ = 8- isomeric state. This Kπ = 8- isomeric state decays to the 8+ member of the yra