| Abstract: | High-spin states in nucleus (~139)Pm have been studied using the reaction ~(116)Cd(~(27)Al, 4n)~(139)Pm. Two dipole cascades have been found. Spin and parity assignments were based on the Directional Correlation of Oriented Nuclei (DCO) ratios and systematic behavior in neighboring odd-proton nuclei. The level structures of ~(139)pm are compared with those of the N = 78 isotone ~(141)Eu in which two dipole bands have been confirmed as magnetic rotational bands. The close similarity between them suggests that the dipole bands in ~(139)Pm may be magnetic rotational bands. |
