Study of High Spin States in Odd-odd Nucleus ~(90)Nb

The high spin states of~(90)Nb have been populated via reaction~(76)Ge(~(19)F, 5n)~(90)Nb at beam energy of 80 MeV. The de-exciting γ-rays have been measured with in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy method. After γ-γ coincidence analysis, 19 new γ transitions were identified and assigned to~(90)Nb. The new level scheme of~(90)Nb was established. Based on the semi-empirical shell model calculations, the configurations of the levels have been suggested. In addition, the spins and parities of the new levels have been assigned according to the experimental DCO values and to the systematic comparison with the N=49 neighboring nuclei.