Eur. Phys. J. A (2003) 20: 109-110
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10333-0

Evidence for an isomer in ⁷⁶ Ni

¹ Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, PL-00-681, Warszawa, Poland
² Physics Division, ORNL, TN 37831-6371, Oak Ridge, USA
³ CEA Bruyéres-le-Châtel DIF/DPTA/SPN, BP 12, F-91680, Bruyéres-le-Châtel, France
⁴ GANIL, BP 5027, F-14021, Caen Cedex, France
⁵ GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291, Darmstadt, Germany
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, TN 37996, Knoxville, USA
⁷ IPN, 91406, Orsay Cedex, France
⁸ CEA Saclay, DSM/DAPNIA/SPhN, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
⁹ IFIN-HH, P.O. Box MG6, 76900, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
¹⁰ CENBG, BP 120, F-33175, Gradignan Cedex, France

^* e-mail: sawicka@zsjlin.igf.fuw.edu.pl

Abstract

In the experiment performed at the LISE2000 spectrometer at GANIL neutron-rich nickel isotopes were studied by microsecond isomer spectroscopy. Evidence for an isomer in ⁷⁶Ni is found, consistently with the shell model prediction of an 8 ⁺ state of structure.