TY - JOUR AU - de Angelis, G. et al AU - Gadea, A. PY - 2012 DA - 2012// TI - Shape isomerism and shape coexistence effects on the Coulomb energy differences in the N = Z nucleus As-66 and neighboring T=1 multiplets T2 - Phys. Rev. C JO - Physical Review C SP - 034320 EP - 7pp VL - 85 IS - 3 PB - Amer Physical Soc AB - Excited states of the N = Z = 33 nucleus As-66 have been populated in a fusion-evaporation reaction and studied using gamma-ray spectroscopic techniques. Special emphasis was put into the search for candidates for the T = 1 states. A new 3(+) isomer has been observed with a lifetime of 1.1(3) ns. This is believed to be the predicted oblate shape isomer. The excited levels are discussed in terms of the shell model and of the complex excited Vampir approaches. Coulomb energy differences are determined from the comparison of the T = 1 states with their analog partners. The unusual behavior of the Coulomb energy differences in the A = 70 mass region is explained through different shape components (oblate and prolate) within the members of the same isospin multiplets. This breaking of the isospin symmetry is attributed to the correlations induced by the Coulomb interaction. SN - 0556-2813 UR - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034320 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034320 LA - English N1 - WOS:000301706400003 ID - deAngelis+Gadea2012 ER -