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High-spin states in 59Cu were populated using the fusion-evaporation reaction 28Si + 40Ca at a beam energy of 122 MeV. The Gammasphere Ge-detector array in conjunction with the 4π charged-particle detector array Microball allowed for the detection of γ-rays in coincidence with evaporated light particles. The resulting extensive high-spin decay scheme of 59Cu is presented, which comprises more than 320 γ-ray transitions connecting about 150 excited states. Their spins and parities have been assigned via directional correlations of γ-rays emitted from oriented states. Average quadrupole moments of rotational bands have been determined from the analysis of residual Doppler shifts. Shell model calculations in the fp shell are invoked to study some of the low-spin states, while the experimental characteristics of the rotational bands are analyzed in the configuration-dependent cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky (CNS) approach.
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Received: 15 February 2002 / Accepted: 23 April 2002
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Andreoiu, C., Rudolph, D., Ragnarsson, I. et al. Evolution of shapes in 59Cu. Eur Phys J A 14, 317–348 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10011-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2002-10011-3