Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 150, 147-148 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00290-8

Recoil Beta Tagging: Application to the study of odd-odd near proton drip line nuclei, ⁷⁴Rb and ⁷⁸Y

¹ Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
² Department of Physics, University of Jyvskyl, P.O. Box 35, 40351 Jyvskyl, Finland
³ Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE, UK
⁴ Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL, 60532, USA
⁵ Royal Institute of Technology, Roslagstullsbacken 21, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden

Received: 31 January 2007
Published online: 8 December 2007

Abstract

We present a study of low-spin states in ⁷⁴Rb and ⁷⁸Y using the new technique of Recoil Beta Tagging. This yielded new information on ⁷⁴Rb and has provided the first evidence for non-isomeric T= 1 states in ⁷⁸Y.