Abstract
Single-neutron states in the Z=30, N=49 isotope 79Zn have been populated using the 78Zn(d, p)79Zn transfer reaction at REX-ISOLDE, CERN. The experimental setup allowed the combined detection of protons ejected in the reaction, and of γ rays emitted by 79Zn. The analysis reveals that the lowest excited states populated in the reaction lie at approximately 1 MeV of excitation, and involve neutron orbits above the N=50 shell gap. From the analysis of γ-ray data and of proton angular distributions, characteristic of the amount of angular momentum transferred, a 5/2+ configuration was assigned to a state at 983 keV. Comparison with large-scale-shell-model calculations supports a robust neutron N=50 shell-closure for 78Ni. These data constitute an important step towards the understanding of the magicity of 78Ni and of the structure of nuclei in the region.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 298-302 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 740 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 5 2015 |
Funding
This work was supported by the European Commission through the Marie Curie Actions Contracts Nos. PIEFGA-2011-30096 (R.O.) and PIEFGA-2008-219175 (J.P.), by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación under contracts FPA2009-13377-C02 and FPA2011-29854-C04 , by the Spanish MEC Consolider – Ingenio 2010 , Project No. CDS2007-00042 (CPAN), by FWO-Vlaanderen (Belgium) , by GOA/2010/010 ( BOF KU Leuven ), by the Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme initiated by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BriX network P7/12 ), by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme through ENSAR, contract no. RII3-CT-2010-262010 , and by the German BMBF under contracts 05P09PKCI5 , 05P12PKFNE , 05P12RDCIA and 06DA9036I . R.O., R.C., J.F.W.L., V.L. and J.F.S. also acknowledge support from STFC , Grant Nos. PP/F000944/1 , ST/F007590/1 , and ST/J000183/2 . The authors thank A.M. Moro for valuable discussions.
Keywords
- N=50 shell closure
- Nuclear structure
- Transfer reactions
- γ-Ray transitions