Phase change near N = 70 in the wave function of the I π = 11/2 − isomers along the cadmium-isotope chain The electromagnetic features of the 11/2 − isomers in the 111−127 Cd isotopes are reproduced by numerically optimized shell-model wave-functions. A sudden phase change of the wave functions at N = 70 is identified and further confirmed by the evolution of B(E2, 7/2This phase change gives rise to different linear relations for the Q and µ values with N < 70 and N > 70, as needed to reproduce the experimental data. The particle-hole transformation properties for h 11/2 neutrons in a well-isolated subshell involving degenerate s 1/2 , d 3/2 , d 5/2 and h 11/2 orbits is suggested as a possible explanation for this phase change.