Identification of excited states in119Ba

Abstract

Excited states have been identified in the very neutron-deficient ${}^{119}\mathrm{Ba}$ nucleus. Two bands have been observed, which are likely to be based on ${h}_{11/2}$ and ${(g}_{7/2}{d}_{5/2})$ neutron orbitals. Despite this being the first observation of excited states in ${}^{119}\mathrm{Ba},$ the bands extend to $(75/2)\ensuremath{\Elzxh}$ and $(79/2)\ensuremath{\Elzxh},$ respectively. The bands have been assigned to ${}^{119}\mathrm{Ba}$ using gamma-recoil and gamma--x-ray coincidences. Several quasiparticle alignments have been identified, involving neutron ${(h}_{11/2}{)}^{2}$ and proton ${(h}_{11/2}{)}^{2}$ aligned configurations. Furthermore, the bands show features which are reasonably consistent with smooth band termination at high spin. Theoretical results for ${}^{119}\mathrm{Ba}$ are discussed within the framework of cranked Woods-Saxon and Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations.