γ-ray spectroscopy of 5626Fe30

The 8π γ-ray spectrometer has been used to resolve high-spin states in the nucleus ⁵⁶Fe following the reaction ⁴⁸Ca(¹³C,5n)⁵⁶Fe at a beam energy of 65 MeV. This study has extended the known decay scheme of ⁵⁶Fe to J^π=(13⁺). The experimental decay scheme is compared with theoretical shell model calculations within the pf shell valence space.