Shape coexistence and isospin symmetry in $A=70$ nuclei: Spectroscopy of the $T_z=-1$ nucleus ${}^{70}$Kr

Abstract

Excited states in the $T_z=-1$ nucleus ${}^{70}$Kr have been populated using inelastic scattering of a radioactive ${}^{70}$Kr beam as well as one- and two-neutron removal reactions from ${}^{71,72}$Kr at intermediate beam energies. The level scheme of ${}^{70}$Kr was constructed from the observed ${\hat{I}}^3$-ray transitions and coincidences. Tentative spin and parity assignments were made based on comparison with the mirror nucleus ${}^{70}$Se. A second $2^{+}$ state and a candidate for the corresponding $4_2^{+}$ state suggest shape coexistence in ${}^{70}$Kr.

accepted Phys. Lett. B