Level structures of ⁹⁶Tc and their microscopic description

Abstract

High spin states in the $^{96}$Tc nucleus were populated
in the $^{75}$As($^{28}$Si, 4p3n) fusion-evaporation reaction
at $E_{lab}$= 120 MeV and the de-excitations were investigated through in-beam $\gamma$-ray spectroscopic techniques 
using INGA spectrometer consisting of 18 clover Ge detectors.
The present level scheme of the $^{96}$Tc nucleus has been extended substantially with the addition of about forty five new $\gamma$-ray transitions.
The level structures in $^{96}$Tc have been established up 
to excitation energy $\sim$ 10 MeV and angular momentum $\sim$25$\hbar$. 
Level structures of $^{96}$Tc nucleus are discussed in the framework of
triaxial projected shell model calculations.