Abstract
The structure of the neutron-rich nucleus {sup 172}Tm has been studied using incomplete fusion of {sup 7}Li on an {sup 170}Er target at 30 MeV. A 190-{mu}s isomer at an excitation energy of 476 keV was identified using chopped beams and {gamma}-ray spectroscopy. The isomer decays with very inhibited E1 transitions to the rotational bands based on the parallel and antiparallel couplings of the {nu}5/2{sup -}[512] x {pi}1/2{sup +}[411] configuration, the latter (K{sup {pi}}=2{sup -}) being the ground state. The isomeric state has been assigned J{sup {pi}}=6{sup +}, arising from the energetically favored (parallel) coupling of the {nu}5/2{sup -}[512] x {pi}7/2{sup -}[523] configuration. The proton-neutron residual interaction was deduced for the configuration of the isomeric state and is found to agree with previous empirical studies.
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