High-spin states in the neutron-rich N = 50 region: nuclear structure close to [sup 78]Ni

The spectroscopy of fission fragments, obtained by the 18O+208Pb fusion‐fission reaction at 85 MeV bombarding energy, has been performed with the Euroball IV γ‐array. High‐spin states in many neutron‐rich Se, Br, Kr and Rb of the 78Ni region nuclei have been identified for the first time. Several physical aspects which govern the nuclear structure in this mass region are underlined thanks to the new results. Among those, empirical values of the residual proton‐neutron interactions have been extracted for the πf5/2⊗vd5/2 and πp3/2⊗vd5/2 configurations.