Excited states in """"Mo have been identified using recoil-y and yy coincidences. Energy-level systematics of the molybdenum isotopes from the Ã=Z line to the %=50 shell closure are compared to their strontium and zirconium neighbors. This comparison, an estimate of the 8(E2) strengths, and a Woods-Saxon cranking model have been used to suggest that the molybdenum isotopes undergo a transition from spherical to moderately deformed shapes at " Mo.
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