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Isomer triplets in odd-odd transitional rare earth nuclei: unique features, orbital systematics and characterization

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Pith's one-line read This paper reports that nine odd-odd rare-earth nuclei near the deformed-to-spherical transition each host a ground state plus two low-lying long-lived isomers—an 'isomer triplet' pattern identified explicitly for the first time.

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arxiv 2411.17407 v1 pith:VR3W2TIF submitted 2024-11-26 nucl-th

N. Susshma , S. Deepa , K. Vijay Sai , R. Gowrishankar This is my paper · ORCID
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The reading

This paper reports a structural pattern it says has not been explicitly noted before: in nine odd-odd rare-earth nuclei near the deformed-to-spherical transition (152Pm, 152Eu, 154Tb, 156Tb, 156Ho, 158Ho, 160Ho, 162Lu, and 166Lu), the lowest part of the level scheme consists of three long-lived states—a ground state and two isomers below 500 keV with half-lives of at least one second. Using the empirical two-quasiparticle rotor model, the authors assign spins, parities, energies, and orbital configurations to the members of the triplets in 154Tb and 156Tb, and extend the assignments to the other nuclei. The central insight is that the triplets are not accidents of individual nuclei: they follow the systematics of single-quasiparticle proton and neutron orbitals, in particular the low-energy intruder neutron orbital 11/2-[505], which couples to low-lying proton orbitals to make the high-spin member. If the assignments are right, the pattern gives a predictive handle on where low-lying long-lived isomers should appear in neighbouring transitional nuclei. The paper also documents an apparent violation of the Gallagher-Moszkowski rule in 154Tb, where the antiparallel 0- state lies below the parallel 3- partner.

What carries the argument

The carrying mechanism is the empirical Two Quasiparticle Rotor Model (TQRM) applied to the two unpaired nucleons in an odd-odd deformed nucleus. The model takes single-quasiparticle proton and neutron orbital energies from the nearest odd-mass isotope and isotone, couples them into Gallagher-Moszkowski doublets (a parallel-spin band K_+ = Omega_p + Omega_n and an antiparallel K_- = |Omega_p - Omega_n|), adds a rotational term, and applies configuration-specific GM splitting and, for K=0 bands, Newby-shift corrections transferred from neighbouring odd-odd nuclei. A surrounding survey of single-quasiparticle orbital systematics in the A=150-160 region supplies the key evidence: the neutron 11/2-[505] intruder orbital drops below about 200 keV in the relevant isotones, and the proton 3/2[411] and 5/2[402] orbitals swap roles near A=154. The systematics, not the model alone, carry the claim that one recurring intruder orbital explains the high-spin member of every triplet.

What would settle it

High-resolution gamma spectroscopy of the 24.4 h isomer in 156Tb could settle the claim: finding an about 80 keV E3 transition feeding the 49.6 keV 4+ state, or resolving the supposed doublet with the 88.4 keV line, would confirm the 7- assignment, whereas a different feeding pattern would falsify it. In 154Tb, a direct measurement showing the 9.4 h isomer more than about 100 keV above the ground state would falsify the 12 keV placement.

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Core claim

The discovery claim is that 'isomer triplets'—a ground state plus two low-lying (E<500 keV) long-lived (t1/2>=1 s) isomers—form a common, previously unreported pattern in odd-odd nuclei with N=89, 91, and 93 in the light rare-earth region (A about 150-170). Nine nuclei are identified. The paper's model calculations assign the Tb triplets specifically: in 156Tb, the ground state is 3- {pi 3/2[411] x nu 3/2[521]}, the 5.3 h isomer is 0+ {pi 3/2[411] x nu 3/2[402]} at about 90 keV, and the 24.4 h isomer is 7- {pi 3/2[411] x nu 11/2[505]} at about 130 keV; in 154Tb, the ground state is 0- {pi 3/2[411] x nu 3/2[521]}, the 9.4 h isomer is 3- at about 12 keV, and the 22.7 h isomer is 7- {pi 3/2[411] x nu 11/2[505]} at or above 170 keV. The latter order violates the usual Gallagher-Moszkowski placement of the parallel triplet below the antiparallel singlet. Across all nine nuclei, the high-spin member is formed by the same intruder neutron orbital 11/2-[505] (except in the two Lu isotopes, where the pattern differs), and the low-spin members involve the near-ground neutron orbital 3/2-[521].

Load-bearing premise

The result depends on transferring single-quasiparticle orbital energies, Gallagher-Moszkowski splittings, and Newby shifts from neighbouring odd-mass and odd-odd nuclei to the target nucleus, even though the transitional region is exactly where those parameters may change with shape.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • In 156Tb the 24.4 h isomer is identified as 7- at about 130 keV, with a possible 80 keV E3 branch that may be unresolved from the known 88.4 keV transition; high-resolution spectroscopy can test this directly.
  • In 154Tb the ground state is 0-, not 0+, and the 3- isomer sits only about 12 keV above it; this explains the non-observation of an isomeric transition and makes 154Tb a candidate for Gallagher-Moszkowski rule violation near the transition region.
  • The same orbital systematics predict that the 13.8 min high-spin isomer in 152Pm is 8- {pi 5/2[413] x nu 11/2[505]}, and that the 5.02 h isomer in 160Ho is 2- {pi 7/2[404] x nu 3/2[521]}.
  • Fifteen low-lying two-quasiparticle band heads in 156Tb and eighteen in 154Tb are proposed that have not yet been observed; they serve as location guides for future decay or transfer experiments.
  • The recurring J=0/3/7 pattern in Tb isotopes and the high-spin 7-/8-/9- members elsewhere mark a region where the low-lying intruder neutron orbital 11/2-[505] controls isomer formation.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the orbital-energy systematics are as regular as claimed, the same mechanism should produce previously unrecognized isomer triplets in neighbouring N=95 odd-odd isotones or in more neutron-rich isotopes beyond 166Lu; a targeted scan of evaluated decay data for A around 170-180 would be a cheap test.
  • The 154Tb Gallagher-Moszkowski rule violation is attributed to vibrational admixtures near the shape-transition region; a quantitative two-quasiparticle-plus-phonon calculation of the 0-/3- splitting could confirm the inferred 12 keV scale and would sharpen the paper's main structural claim.
  • The paper leaves 162Lu and 166Lu as exceptions whose high-spin isomers do not involve 11/2-[505]; studying them separately could reveal whether another intruder, such as an i13/2-related orbital, takes over, which would complement the proposed systematics.
  • The Delta I=3 absence of E3/M3 transitions between low-spin isomers and ground states remains unexplained; measuring those transition strengths in 152Pm, 152Eu, or 162Lu, where only beta decay has been seen, could show whether the paper's structure-based hindrance arguments are complete.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

5 major / 7 minor

Summary. The paper surveys long-lived low-lying isomers in odd-odd rare-earth nuclei using ENSDF data and identifies nine nuclei (152Pm, 152Eu, 154Tb, 156Tb, 156Ho, 158Ho, 160Ho, 162Lu, 166Lu) that each exhibit an 'isomer triplet': a ground state plus two isomers with half-lives ≥1 s and energies below 500 keV. For 154Tb and 156Tb, the authors use a semi-empirical Two Quasiparticle Rotor Model (TQRM) to assign spins, parities, energies, and two-quasiparticle configurations to the triplet members, including the claims that 154Tb has a 0− ground state with the 3− partner at about 12 keV and that 156Tb has a 7− isomer at about 130 keV. The paper then extends the orbital systematics to the other triplet nuclei, arguing that the low-energy ν11/2[505] neutron intruder orbital is a recurring ingredient in the high-spin member of the triplets.

Significance. If the empirical triplet pattern and the TQRM assignments hold, the paper offers a valuable systemization of a distinctive low-energy structure in the transitional rare-earth region, and it gives specific, testable predictions (e.g., the very low-energy 3− isomer in 154Tb and the placement of the 156Tb 7− isomer). The ENSDF compilation and the 1qp orbital systematics are useful and transparent, and the identification of the ν11/2[505] role in several high-spin isomers is a plausible and falsifiable claim. However, the model-based characterizations of 154Tb and 156Tb are not reproducible from the manuscript as written, and the triplet selection criteria are applied inconsistently; these are fixable issues, but they are load-bearing for the paper's central modeling conclusions.

major comments (5)
  1. [Section II, Eqs. (1)–(3); Section III.B.1; Section III.A.3] The TQRM bandhead energies are not reproducible because the numerical inputs are never tabulated. The paper states in Section II that EGM and EN are taken from neighboring odd-odd nuclei, but neither these values nor E0, Erot, or the final bandhead energies are listed for any state in Tables 2 and 3. In particular, the central result that the 3− state in 154Tb lies 12.3 keV above the 0− ground state is stated without showing the arithmetic or any input values, and the 156Tb 7− placement at Ex≈130 keV is only about 9 keV above the bare Ep+En sum, which implies an unstated residual interaction. Please provide a full parameter table and a worked calculation for at least the 154Tb ground-state doublet.
  2. [Section II; Section III.B.1; Section IV.A.2] The transferability assumption for EGM and EN is load-bearing but untested. The paper argues that these parameters are 'configuration specific and not nucleus specific,' yet it also notes 'drastic changes in shape and structural properties' near the transitional region (Section IV.A.2) and quotes the 'region of sharp change in nuclear deformation' for 154Tb (Section III.B.1). If EGM or EN values taken from different neighboring odd-odd nuclei differ by tens of keV, the 12 keV placement could shift sign and invert the 0−/3− ordering, or move the 3− well above 100 keV. The authors should include a sensitivity test using the range of EGM/EN values available from neighboring nuclei, or explicitly justify why only one set of parameters is used.
  3. [Section I, feature (a); Table 1] The stated N-range of the isomer triplets is inconsistent with the compiled data. Section I says 'Presently identified triplets include only nuclei with N=89/91/93,' but Table 1 and the abstract include 166Lu, which has N=95 (Z=71, A=166). Section IV.A.4 also treats 166Lu as an exception. Please correct the N-range claim or explicitly exclude 166Lu from that feature.
  4. [Section I; Table 1] The selection criterion for an 'isomer triplet' (three states with E<500 keV and t1/2≥1 s) is not applied consistently. In Table 1, the 154Tb 3− and 7− isomers have unknown excitation energies (0+x and 0+y), and the two excited isomers in 162Lu have both unknown energies and unknown spins (X and Y). For these nuclei the 'low-lying' character and even the triplet assignment rest on model assumptions rather than on the ENSDF data. The authors should either specify how the 500 keV criterion is satisfied for each of the nine nuclei or separate 'empirical triplets' from 'candidate triplets'.
  5. [Section IV.B; Table 4] There is an internal inconsistency regarding the 152Pm high-spin isomer. Table 4 lists the 152Pm high-spin isomer as Jπ=(8) with no orbital configuration, but Section IV.B later proposes Jπ=8− {π5/2[413] ⊗ ν11/2[505]}. If this proposed configuration is part of the claimed systematic role of ν11/2[505], then the table and the corresponding discussion should be updated to make the assignment explicit and to distinguish it from ENSDF-adopted data. As written, the table contradicts the text and weakens the systematics claim.
minor comments (7)
  1. [Abstract; Section IV.B] The abstract says the analysis 'highlights the crucial role of high-spin intruder neutron orbital in the formation of these isomer triplets,' but Section IV.B explicitly states that 162Lu and 166Lu do not involve the ν11/2[505] orbital. Please qualify the abstract and summary to avoid overgeneralization.
  2. [Figures 5 and 6] The figure numbering is inconsistent: Section IV.B refers to 'Fig. 5' for the ν11/2[505] systematics, but the plot appears as Figure 6, while Figure 5 is the Pm orbital energy plot. Please renumber the figures and update the in-text references.
  3. [Throughout] The name 'Gallagher-Moszcowski' should be spelled 'Gallagher-Moszkowski' (see reference [23] and the text).
  4. [Table 1] Entries such as '150+x', '0+x', and 'X' would benefit from explicit footnotes clarifying whether these are unknown energies, relative energies, or unmeasured quantities, so that the reader can distinguish measured from unmeasured values.
  5. [Section III.B.1] The phrase 'It is needless to say that this extreme low energy difference...' is informal; please rephrase in a more neutral style.
  6. [Section I; Section V] The phrase 'our study exclusively reports the observation...' is too strong, since the data are compiled from ENSDF; consider 'compiles and systemizes' or 'reports the systematics of' instead.
  7. [Reference [47]] The entry 'Of decay Eu152 and Eu152m' appears to be a garbled title; please correct reference [47] to the proper article title.

Circularity Check

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No circular derivation; TQRM results are semi-empirical characterizations using external ENSDF data and transferred neighbor parameters, not fit-to-target predictions.

full rationale

The central empirical content is a compilation from ENSDF (Table 1) and is external to the model. The TQRM calculations for 154,156Tb use as stated inputs the experimental 1qp orbital energies of neighboring odd-A nuclei and EGM/EN values from neighboring odd-odd nuclei (Section II), rather than fitting the target states; the resulting bandhead energies and Jπ assignments are model characterizations, not predictions recovered from fitted outputs. No equation in the paper reduces a predicted quantity to an input by construction: the 156Tb 7- isomer at about 130 keV follows from p0+n2=121 keV plus small interaction terms, and the 154Tb ~12 keV doublet separation is described as an empirical evaluation using Eq. (1), not as a statistical fit to the target excitation energies. Self-citations to prior Sood/Gowrishankar TQRM studies are used as method references and for a few specific configurations (e.g., the 0+ assignment in 156Tb via ref. [35]), but the paper's central claim of isomer triplets and their orbital systematics does not rest on an unverified self-citation chain; it is supported by the cited ENSDF data and orbital systematics. The untabulated EGM/EN values and the transferability assumption are transparency/verifiability concerns, not evidence of circularity.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

All quantitative predictions stem from the TQRM formula in eq. (1), whose inputs are 1qp orbital energies from neighboring odd-mass nuclei plus EGM and EN parameters borrowed from neighboring odd-odd nuclei. The paper does not tabulate the borrowed EGM, EN, E0, or rotational inertia values, so those act as unstated empirical inputs. No new physical entities are introduced; the isomer triplet is a pattern label, not a particle or force.

free parameters (5)
  • E0 in eq. (1) = not specified in paper
    Overall offset in the TQRM bandhead energy formula; its value is not stated, though comparisons to data implicitly fix it.
  • EGM, Gallagher-Moszkowski splitting energy = not specified in paper
    Empirical residual proton-neutron interaction energy transferred from neighboring odd-odd nuclei for each 2qp configuration; exact values are not tabulated.
  • EN, Newby shift energy = not specified in paper
    Empirical shift for K=0 bands transferred from neighboring odd-odd nuclei; exact values are not tabulated.
  • Rotational inertia hbar^2/2I in eq. (2) = not specified in paper
    Used to estimate rotational energy for bandheads; its value is not given, although it contributes only to K- states.
  • 1qp orbital-energy inputs Ep and En = taken from ENSDF neighboring odd-mass nuclei
    The chosen orbital energies, for example p0=pi3/2[411] for 154Tb, are selections from neighboring isotopes and isotones that affect the resulting bandhead energies.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption Nilsson model single-quasiparticle orbitals describe the low-lying structure of these deformed nuclei, including near the transitional region where shape coexistence occurs.
    Invoked throughout Sections III and IV to map orbitals and construct 2qp states; the paper itself notes drastic changes near A=150.
  • domain assumption EGM, EN, and 1qp orbital energies are configuration-specific and transferable from neighboring nuclei to the target odd-odd nuclei.
    Central to TQRM bandhead energies in eqs. (1)-(3); no explicit validation is provided for the rapidly changing transitional region.
  • domain assumption The Gallagher-Moszkowski rule places the spins-antiparallel triplet KT below the spins-parallel singlet KS for most doublets, with possible exceptions near the transitional region.
    Used to order GM doublets in Tables 2 and 3; the paper invokes the rule and then discusses an apparent violation in 154Tb.
  • ad hoc to paper Delta N=2 mixing between nu3/2[651] and nu3/2[402] accounts for the low-lying 0+ isomer in 156Tb.
    Adopted from Sood et al. [35] to place the 5.3 h 0+ isomer at about 90 keV; this is a model-specific input rather than a directly measured assignment.

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The existence of low-lying long-lived isomers, predominantly in odd-odd nuclei of the light rare-earth mass region, is investigated through an extensive survey of available nuclear data. The characteristics of these isomeric states and their systematics has revealed intriguing and unusual properties, including the identification of isomer triplets, a phenomenon specific to odd-odd deformed nuclei close to the transition region. This exclusive feature was observed in the following odd-odd nuclei, namely, 152Pm, 152Eu, 154Tb, 156Tb, 156Ho, 158Ho, 160Ho, 162Lu and 166Lu. We present a detailed overview of these isomer triplets by exploring the systematics of single-quasiparticle proton and neutron orbitals near the Fermi surface relevant in this mass region, to elucidate the factors responsible for their formation. The low-lying level structures of 156Tb and 154Tb, were constructed using the well-tested Two Quasiparticle Rotor Model to resolve the ambiguities in the spin, parity, energy and orbital configuration of these isomeric states. These results were extended to study the systematics of low-lying isomer triplets in the other five light rare-earth nuclei of interest. Our review and analysis of 1qp proton and neutron orbital systematics in the neighboring odd-mass isotopes and isotones highlights the crucial role of high-spin intruder neutron orbital in the formation of these isomer triplets.

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