Commissioning the FAst TIMing array (FATIMA) at FAIR Phase-0: Half-lives of excited states in the N=50 isotones 96Pd and 94Ru

This paper reports results of the first experiment DESPEC Phase-0 campaign at GSI, which focused on study neutron-deficient nuclei approaching 100Sn. These data provide extended commissioning for collaboration within NuSTAR. We present electromagnetic transition rates associated with decays from excited states populated following formation Iπ = 8+ proton ‘seniority-isomer’ in N 50 isotones 94Ru and 96Pd. Direct half-life measurements via γ−γ coincidences using FATIMA detector array consisting 36 LaBr3(Ce) scintillators have determined reduced matrix elements between low-lying these semi-magic nuclei. The extracted half-lives yrast 6+ 4+ 96Pd state are consistent published, highest-precision values