Collective and noncollective states in Cd116 studied via the β decays of Ag116m1,m2,gs

J. C. Batchelder, J. L. Wood, P. E. Garrett, K. L. Green, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Bilheux, C. R. Bingham, H. K. Carter, D. Fong, R. Grzywacz, J. H. Hamilton, D. J. Hartley, J. K. Hwang, W. Krolas, W. D. Kulp, Y. Larochelle, A. Piechaczek, A. V. Ramayya, E. H. Spejewski, D. W. StracenerM. N. Tantawy, J. A. Winger, E. F. Zganjar

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Abstract

We have reinvestigated the β decay of the three isomers of Ag116 at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF). Through the use of half-life information, we have been able to construct individual decay schemes for each isomer and correct what was a puzzling inconsistency with the published data, namely the β feeding of 2+ states by a 5+ isomer. Our results indicate that the feeding of these levels arises from a 3+ isomer in Ag116. A total of 271γ-ray transitions (159 new) were assigned to 148 levels (94 new) from the β decay of Ag116m1,m2,gs. Significant deviations are observed from IBM-2 calculations for the decay of the 0+ and 2+ members of the previously assigned three-phonon quintuplet. Candidate states for the quadrupole-octupole quintuplet states and πg9/2-πp1/2, πg9/2-πp3/2, νh11/2-νs1/2, νh11/2-νd3/2, and νh11/2-νd5/2 broken-pair states are assigned.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054318
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume80
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 30 2009

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