%0 Journal Article %J Phys. Rev. C %D 2004 %T Probing the sustainability of the N=82 and Z=50 shell closures for neutron-rich nuclides: Decay of $^{120}$Rh$^{75}$ to levels of $^{120}$Pd$^{74}$ %A Walters, W.B. %A Tomlin, B.E. %A Mantica, P.F. %A Brown, B.A. %A Rikovska Stone, J. %A Davies, A.D. %A Estrade, A. %A Hosmer, P.T. %A Hoteling, N. %A Liddick, S.N. %A Mertzimekis, T. J. %A Montes, F. %A Morton, A.C. %A Mueller, W.F. %A Ouellette, M. %A Pellegrini, E. %A Santi, P. %A Seweryniak, D. %A Schatz, H. %A Shergur, J. %A Stolz, A. %X The low-energy levels of 120Pd74 were populated by ? decay of 120Rh75, which was produced via projectile fragmentation of a 136Xe82 beam at 120 MeV/nucleon. Delayed ?-gated ? rays with energies of 438 and 618 keV were observed in coincidence with 120Rh75 fragments and assigned to the 21+ ? 0+ and 41+ ? 21+ transitions, respectively, in 120Pd74. Isomeric ?-ray transitions are also reported for 120Rh75 and 126Cd78. The low-energy structure of 120Pd74 shows remarkable similarity to those of the isotopic 108Pd62 and isotonic 128Xe74 suggesting that these nuclides share the same Z=50 and N=82 closed shell structures with neutron-rich 120Pd 74. %B Phys. Rev. C %C Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, United States %V 70 %P 0343141–0343145 %G eng %R 10.1103/PhysRevC.70.034314