In deep-inelastic collisions of 8 MeV/nucleon 70Zn projectiles with 198Pt, we have found an 8(+) isomer with T(1/2) = 23(1) ns at 4208 keV in 68Ni; the nug(9/2) E2 effective charge was determined to be 1. 5(1)e. In 69Cu, a 19/2(-) isomer with T(1/2) = 22(1) ns at 3691 keV was identified and its decay data were calculated quite accurately by a parameter-free shell model calculation using empirical input parameters. Proton 2p- 1h excitation, fed by another T(1/2) = 39(6) ns isomer at 3827 keV, induces large collectivity in 69Cu.
Gamma-ray cascades from nanosecond isomers in neutron-rich nuclei 67 Cu and 64 Co have been observed through heavy-ion deep-inelastic collisions of 198 Ptϩ 76 Ge ͑8 MeV/nucleon͒ using an isomer-scope. In 67 Cu, an isomeric state at 3464 keV and its decay scheme have been established. The isomeric transition is a hindered M 1 transition between the 15/2 ϩ and the 13/2 ϩ states with main components of (p 3/2 g 9/2 f 5/2 Ϫ1 ) 15/2 ϩ and (p 3/2 g 9/2 p 1/2 ) 13/2 ϩ, respectively. A fast E3 transition between the g 9/2 and the p 3/2 single-particle states indicates strong particle-octupole vibration coupling in 67 Cu. An isomeric state at 834 keV with T 1/2 ϭ6.4(3) ns has been identified in 64 Co. Proton-neutron configurations of the levels established in 64 Co are discussed.
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