High spin microsecond isomers in $^{129}$In and $^{129}$Sb

In this work the microsecond isomers in 129In and 129Sb were investigated. These nuclei were produced by the thermal-neutron-induced fission of 241Pu. The detection is based on a time correlation between the fission fragments selected by the LOHENGRIN spectrometer at the ILL (Grenoble) and the γ rays or conversion electrons from the isomers. The decay schemes of the new 17/2− isomer in 129In and 23/2+ isomer in 129Sb are reported. A shell-model study of these two nuclei was performed using a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD–Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. Comparison shows that the calculated energy levels and electromagnetic transition rates are in very good agreement with the experimental data. (APS