TY  - JOUR
AU  - AGATA Collaboration (Liu, X. et al
AU  - Gadea, A.
AU  - Jurado, M.
AU  - Domingo-Pardo, C.
AU  - Huyuk, T.
AU  - Perez-Vidal, R. M.
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021//
TI  - Evidence for enhanced neutron-proton correlations from the level structure of the N = Z+1 nucleus Tc-87(43)44
T2  - Phys. Rev. C
JO  - Physical Review C
SP  - L021302 - 5pp
VL  - 104
IS  - 2
PB  - Amer Physical Soc
AB  - The low-lying excited states in the neutron-deficient N = Z + 1 nucleus (87)(43)Tcc(44) have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction Fe-54(Ar-36, 2n1p)Tc-87 at the Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL), France. The AGATA spectrometer was used in conjunction with the auxiliary NEDA, Neutron Wall, and DIAMANT detector arrays to measure coincident prompt gamma rays, neutrons, and charged particles emitted in the reaction. A level scheme of Tc-87 from the (9/2(g.s.)(+)) state to the (33/2(1)(+)) state was established based on six mutually coincident gamma-ray transitions. The constructed level structure exhibits a rotational behavior with a sharp backbending at (h) over bar omega approximate to 0.50 MeV. A decrease in alignment frequency and increase in alignment sharpness in the odd-mass isotonic chains around N = 44 is proposed as an effect of the enhanced isoscalar neutron-proton interactions in odd-mass nuclei when approaching the N = Z line.
SN  - 2469-9985
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.L021302
DO  - 10.1103/PhysRevC.104.L021302
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000686912200001
ID  - AGATACollaborationLiu_etal2021
ER  -