Eur. Phys. J. A 13, 9-14 (2002)
Nuclear structure in the vicinity of the
line in the
region
A. Johnson Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
(Received: 1 May 2001)
Abstract
Neutron-deficient nuclei in the mass region
-100 exhibit a large
variety of phenomena. In this region the heaviest
N=Z nuclei are identified and enhanced neutron-proton correlations
are expected when protons and neutrons occupy identical
orbitals.
A variety of nuclear shapes are predicted and observed for
,
including superdeformed shapes. The nucleus
is
the heaviest
N=Z doubly magic nucleus believed to be bound.
Knowledge of the
shell structure around
is of utmost importance
for understanding the
nuclear shell model. New results on both the
N=Z nucleus
, superdeformed
structures in
nuclei as well as the first
result on the level structure
in
, and an extended level structure in
are presented. The limitations
of using stable beams and targets and the possibilities with
new radioactive beams are briefly outlined.
21.10.Re - Collective levels.
21.60.Cs - Shell model.
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