Level structures of ⁹⁶Tc and their microscopic description

High spin states in the 96Tc nucleus were populated in the As-75(Si-28, 4p3n) fusion-evaporation reaction at E lab = 120 MeV and the de-excitations were investigated through in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopic techniques using indian national gamma array spectrometer consisting of 18 clover Ge detectors. The present level scheme of the Tc-96 nucleus has been extended substantially with the addition of about forty five new gamma transitions. The level structures in Tc-96 have been established up to excitation energy similar to 10 MeV and angular momentum similar to 25PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI. Level structures of 96Tc nucleus are discussed in the framework of triaxial projected shell model calculations.