Investigation of the structure of neutron-deficient Cd isotopes

The STARLITER setup at Texas A\&M University consists of an array of six Compton suppressed HPGe clover $\gamma$-ray detectors coupled with a segmented Si $\Delta$E-E charged particle telescope. The combination allows for coincident $\gamma$ ray and particle spectroscopy and provides a powerful tool for precise determination of the nuclear level structure. A recent experiment conducted using STARLITER aimed at the investigation of structures of neutron-deficient Cd isotopes (A = 104, 105, 106) using an enriched $^{106}$Cd target and 35 MeV proton beam supplied by the K-150 Cyclotron at TAMU. Low mass cadmium isotopes are a great environment for analysis of the evolution from vibrational to rotational sequences in A$\sim$100-110 region and provide insight into the structure phenomena around Z=50 shell closure. Here, the first results of the experiment will be presented. This work was partly supported by the US Department of Energy Grants No. DE-FG52-06NA26206 and No. DE-FG02-05ER41379.