Study of fission process and neutron-rich nuclei

Prompt triple γ coincidence studies of the nuclei produced in the spontaneous fission of 252Cf were carried out at Gammasphere. The relative yield matrix for the Ba-Mo and Ba-α-Zr charge splits was determined using an improved analysis. An upper limit for the second mode of 0.5 % is found for the binary case, while the ternary case shows evidence of a strong second mode. Half-lives of several states in neutron-rich nuclei were measured by using a new time-gated γ−γ−γ coincidence technique. A large deformation of β=0.47 was observed in 104Zr using this method. New band structures were found in several odd-A Y, Nb, Tc, and Rh nuclei. These nuclei show a smooth evolution from axial symmetry in Y to maximum triaxiality in Rh. Particle plus triaxial rotor calculations have been made for these odd-A nuclei. The gamma band staggering in 108,110,112Ru will be discussed.