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The odd-odd 88 37Rb51 and 86 35Br51 nuclei have been produced as fission fragments in the fusion reaction 18 , $ \pi$ f208Pb at 85MeV bombarding energy and studied with the Euroball IV array. Their high-spin level schemes have been built from the triple $ \gamma$ -ray coincidence data and $ \gamma$ - $ \gamma$ angular correlations have been analyzed in order to assign spin and parity values to many observed states. The proposed configurations involve proton excitations from three sub-shells located close to the Fermi levels, $ \pi$ p3/2 , $ \pi$ f5/2 , and $ \pi$ g9/2 , the $ \nu$ d5/2 and $ \pi$ f3/2 $ \nu$ d5/2 and $ \pi$ f5/2 $ \nu$ d5/2 configurations. The empirical values of the latter are discussed and compared to those known in two similar configurations having jp = jn with lp = ln + 1 , where the role of the tensor force had been highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 81, 82, 83, 85Se nuclei have been produced as fission fragments in the fusion reaction 18O + 208Pb at 85MeV bombarding energy and studied with the Euroball IV array. Their high-spin level schemes have been built from the triple $ \gamma$ -ray coincidence data and $ \gamma$ - $ \gamma$ angular correlations have been analyzed in order to assign spin and parity values to many observed states. The lowest-spin states of the two-neutron and three-neutron configurations are strongly mixed with two-proton excitations among the fp orbits. On the other hand, the highest-spin states of these neutron configurations are found to remain almost pure. Neutron excitation across the N = 50 gap is observed both in 83Se49 and in 85Se51 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 84, 85Br nuclei have been produced as fission fragments in the fusion reaction 18O + 208Pb at 85MeV bombarding energy and studied with the Euroball IV array. The high-spin states of the odd-odd 84Br nucleus have been identified for the first time, the observed structure being built on the known 6- isomeric state. High-spin states of 85Br have been observed up to 5.4MeV excitation energy and spin I ∼ 21/2. From angular correlation analysis, spin values have been assigned to most of the 85Br excited states up to 4MeV. None of these excited states has been found to exhibit a delayed decay having T 1/2 > 10ns. All the observed states in 84, 85Br can be described by various proton excitations involving at least the two sub-shells ( π f 5/2 and π p 3/2) located just above the Z = 28 shell closure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 87Kr nucleus has been produced as fission fragment in the fusion reaction 18O + 208Pb at 85MeV bombarding energy and studied with the Euroball IV array. High-spin states of this neutron-rich isotope have been identified for the first time. Its level scheme has been obtained up to 6.3MeV excitation energy and spin I ∼ 23/2ℏ. Its structure is interpreted by analogy with those of the heavier isotones. The proposed configurations involve both proton and neutron excitations from several sub-shells located close to the Fermi levels, particularly ν d 5/2, π p 3/2 f 5/2 and π g 9/2. Moreover, a revised spin value of 5/2- for the 87Br ground state is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The84Se nucleus has been produced as fission fragment in the fusion reaction18O +208Pb at 85MeV bombarding energy and studied with the Euroball IV array. Medium-spin states of this neutron-rich isotope have been identified for the first time. Its level scheme has been obtained up to 4.9MeV excitation energy and spinI~ 7?. Its structure is interpreted by analogy with those of the stable heavier isotones. The evolution of the energy of theN= 50 neutron-core excitation is discussed as a function of the proton number. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]