NUKLEONIKA 2019;64(4):113116 doi: 10.2478/nuka-2019-0014 ORIGINAL PAPER © 2019 Wu Yi-Heng et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Investigation of the level structure Wu Yi-Heng, 90 Yang Dong, of Nb nucleus using the shell model Ma Ke-Yan, Luo Peng-Wei Abstract. Shell model calculations have been carried out for 90Nb nucleus with the model space in which the valence protons occupy the f5/2, p3/2, p1/2, and g9/2 orbitals and the valence neutrons occupy the p1/2, g9/2, d5/2, and g7/2 orbitals. According to the calculated results, the negative parity is from the contribution of the proton of the 90 f5/2, p3/2, and p1/2 orbits. The moderate spin states of Nb are mainly due to the excitation of protons from the f5/2 and p3/2 orbits to the p1/2 and g9/2 orbits across the Z = 38 subshell closure, and the high spin states arise from the excitation of a single neutron from the g9/2 orbit into the d5/2 orbit across the N = 50 shell closure. Keywords: high spin state • level structure • proton excitation • shell model Nuclei in the A~90 mass region provide unique opportunity to investigate the infl uence of Z = 38 subshell closure and N = 50 shell closure on the level structures. A vast number of studies have showed that the level structures of nuclei in the A~90 mass region could be well described within the shell model framework. For example, the level structures of Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, and Rh nuclei have been well described within the shell model framework [111]. In those nuclei, the high spin states arise from the excitation of a single g9/2 neutron into the d5/2 orbit across the N = 50 shell closure. In particular, the N = 49 isotones in the A~90 mass region are of great signifi cance for providing suitable examples for testing the residual interactions of the spherical Wu Yi-Heng shell model and studying the mechanism of particle- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering -hole excitations. From this point, 90Nb seemed to of An Qing Normal University be an ideal candidate for such study to improve the No. 1318, Jixian North Road, Anqing city understanding the level structures of nuclei in Anhui, 246133, P. R. China the A~90 mass region. E-mail: [email protected] For the 90Nb nucleus, semi-empirical shell model Yang Dong, Ma Ke-Yan (SESM) has been used to study the level structure of 90Nb in Ref. [12], but the level energies and the College of Physics of Jilin University + + No. 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun city confi gurations of the 13 2, 15 1, 9 , 17 , and 18 states Jilin, 130012, P. R. China in Fig. 1 were not provided for the absence of the level information in neighboring nuclei. Moreover, Luo Peng-Wei the confi gurations of 10+ and 15 states should School of Physics of Sun Yat-sen University be discussed again. In Ref. [12], the 10+ state de- No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou city generated by the 2063 keV transition, which was Gungdong, 510275, P. R. China suggested as the g9/2g9/2 configuration with a 2+ quadrupole phonon state of 90Zr core and the Received: 6 March 2019 15 state degenerated by the 1904 keV transition, Accepted: 27 August 2019 which was suggested as the confi guration with g9/2 114 Wu Yi-Heng et al. 1 1 90 v(f 5/2g 9/2g7/2). However, such gamma transitions Table 1. Main partitions of confi gurations for Nb within 90 with E~ 2 MeV in the other Nb isotopes and Nb the GWB confi guration space. The confi gurations for a par- isotones at the moderate spins are usually suggested ticular state would be composed of several partitions. Each partition is of the form P [p(1), p(2), p(3), p(4)]⊗[n(1), to arise from the excitation of protons from f5/2, p3/2, n(2), n(3), n(4)], where p(i) represents the number of and p1/2 orbits [68]. Hence, the confi gurations of 10+, 11+, and 15 states should be associated with valence protons occupying the f5/2, p3/2, p1/2, and g9/2 orbits, and n(j) represents the number of valence neutrons in the excitation of protons from f5/2, p3/2, and p1/2 orbits the (p1/2, g9/2, d5/2, and g7/2 orbits, respectively), where the to the g9/2 orbit. Furthermore, the high spin states of experimental excitation energies are taken from Ref. [12] 17 and 18 were not discussed in Ref. [12], which could probably involved the neutron excitation Wave I E E Partition across the N = 50 shell closure according to the ħ exp cal function [keV] [keV] [%] systematic analysis. v In the present work, the level structure of 90Nb 64032900 26 is investigated by the shell model with a large con- 8+ 0 0 64212900 16 fi guration space and taking the neutron excitation 64032900 30 across the N = 50 shell closure into consideration. 9+ 813 756 The calculation adopts the NuShellx code with the 64212900 15 GWB model space and the GWBXG residual interac- 54132900 63 10+ 2063 2219 tion [13]. The model space utilized in the calculation 53232900 7 consists of four proton orbits (f5/2, p3/2, p1/2, g9/2) 54132900 66 11+ 2689 2351 and six neutron orbits (p1/2, g9/2, d5/2, g7/2, d3/2, s1/2). 53232900 9 It takes the 66Ni (Z = 28, N = 38) nucleus as the 54132900 51 core. The 90Nb nucleus has 13 valence protons and 12+ 2817 2940 11 valence neutrons in the considered confi guration 44232900 10 space. Considering the computational diffi culties, 64032900 40 + truncations were employed in our calculation based 13 1 3314 3001 44232900 19 on the analogous scheme introduced in Ref. [8]. We 54132900 12 restrict one neutron lifted from the g9/2 orbital into + 54132900 75 13 2 3496 3181 the d5/2 or g7/2 orbital and neglect the excitation of 53232900 10 neutron from the g9/2 orbital to the s1/2 and d3/2 orbits. 64032900 39 The single particle energies (SPEs) corresponding 14+ 3974 3695 44232900 18 to the model space are set as the same in Refs. [7, 54132900 17 14, 15]: + 54132900 78 15 1 4067 3875 5.322 MeV 6.144 MeV 53232900 10 fp5/2 3/2 64032900 47 pg3.941 MeV 1.250 MeV + 1/2 9/2 15 2 4420 4200 44232900 16 v 0.696 MeV 2.597 MeV 54132900 11 pg1/2 5/2 vv 54132900 72 1.830 MeV 5.159 MeV 17+ 5761 5410 dg5/2 7/2 53232900 15 54132900 76 The comparison of the level scheme calculated by 18+ 6145 5725 53232900 14 this work and that from the experiment is shown in 64122900 36 Fig. 1. The detailed calculation results are presented 9– 1809 1786 in Table 1. For the positive parity states, according 54222900 24 to the present shell model calculation, the main 64212900 72 11– 1880 2105 confi gurations of the 8+ and 9+ states are assigned 54222900 7 64122900 66 12– 2486 2708 54222900 10 54042900 48 13– 3073 2821 54222900 20 44142900 9 54042900 46 14– 3670 3642 54222900 11 44142900 34 15– 5574 5270 53142900 13 54222900 12 44142810 34 17– 7348 7415 54042810 21 Fig. 1. Comparison of the experimental excitation ener- 54042810 29 – gies in 90Nb with the shell model calculations, where the 18 8091 8074 44142810 18 experimental excitation energies are taken from Ref. [12]. 54222900 12 Investigation of the level structure of 90Nb nucleus using the shell model 115 3 –1 1 –1 as g 9/2vg 9/2 mixed with (p1/2g 9/2)vg 9/2. Hence The results are compared with the experimental there are three valence protons occupying the p1/2 values, and the level structure is well reproduced. It and g9/2 orbitals above the Z = 38 subshell closure is confi rmed that the excitation of protons across the for the low spin states of 90Nb. The 10+, 11+, and 12+ Z = 38 subshell closure and one neutron across the states are all degenerated by the gamma transitions N = 50 closed shell are essential for the description 90 with E~ 2 MeV. For the A~90 mass region, the of the level structure of Nb. Furthermore, more presence of the gamma transitions with E ~ 2 MeV experiments are needed to explore higher spin states, implies the excitation of protons across the Z = 38 which investigate neutron excitations across the subshell closure at moderate spin states. Indeed N = 50 closed shell. as the calculation results, one valence proton is ex- cited from the f5/2 orbitals to the p1/2 orbital for the above three states. Hence their main confi gurations Acknowledgments. This work is supported by the –1 3 –1 are assigned as (f 5/2p1/2g 9/2)vg 9/2. With the increase National Natural Science Foundation of China under of the excitation energy and angular momentum, the Grant Nos. 11775098 and 11405072, Jilin Scien- –1 3 –1 ratio of (f 5/2p1/2g 9/2)vg 9/2 in the wave function tifi c and Technological Development Program Nos. + + signifi cantly increases in the 13 1 to 18 states with 20190201137JC and 20180522019JH, the 13th Five- the excitation energy of about 3 MeV to about -Year Plan of Scientifi c Research of Jilin Province No.