Eur. Phys. J. A (2003) 20: 111-112
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10334-y

The yrast spectroscopy of neutron-rich nuclei produced in deep-inelastic processes

¹ The Institute of Physical Research, University of Paisley, PA1 2BE, Paisley, UK
² INFN - Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, via Romea 4, 35020, Legnaro (Padova), Italy
³ INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Universitá di Padova, via F. Marzolo 8, 35131, Padova, Italy
⁴ Schuster Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK

^* e-mail: olli-ph0@wpmail.paisley.ac.uk

Abstract

The highly sensitive GASP array at the INFN Legnaro Laboratory was used to study the -ray de-excitation of neutron-rich nuclei produced in the deep-inelastic processes which occur when 230 MeV ³⁶S ions interact with a target of ¹⁷⁶Yb. Yrast decay schemes were identified in over forty target-like fragments and in over twenty projectile-like fragments. Analysis of the data has resulted in extensions to the yrast decay sequences of the target-like species, ¹⁷⁶Hf, ¹⁶⁶Er, ¹⁷²Yb, and ¹⁵²Sm. New transitions have also been observed in a number of projectile-like species including ³⁴P and ⁴¹Cl. Experimental results are compared with the results of shell model calculations.