Informing the level scheme of $^{\mathrm{95}}$Mo through $^{\mathrm{95}}$Mo(d,p$\gamma )^{\mathrm{96}}$Mo with GODDESS*

Nearly half of the heavy elements are created through the rapid neutron capture process. The Surrogate Reaction Method (SRM), in which (e.g.) a (d,p) reaction is measured, was designed to constrain important (n,$\gamma )$ cross sections on short-lived isotopes, many of which are important to the r process. The use of SRM with deuteron-induced reactions requires a modern reaction model, which includes deuteron break-up, to account for the discrepancy in spins and parities populated via the surrogate reaction versus those populated via the neutron capture reaction. Last year, (d,p) reactions have been validated as a surrogate for (n, $\gamma )$ reactions in normal kinematics [1]. To extend the benchmarking of the SRM to inverse kinematics, a (d,p$\gamma )$ measurement with a $^{\mathrm{95}}$Mo beam was performed using GODDESS (Gammasphere ORRUBA: Dual Detectors for Experimental Structure Studies) at ATLAS. This is the first measurement of a (d,p) reaction to states below 4 MeV in $^{\mathrm{96}}$Mo. By combining the (d,p) measurement with coincident gamma-rays, additions to the level scheme of $^{\mathrm{96}}$Mo can be made. Preliminary results of particle-gamma coincidences from protons populating states below and above the neutron separation energy in $^{\mathrm{96}}$Mo will be presented. [1] A. Ratkiewicz et al. Phys. Rev. Let., \textbf{122} 052502 (2019).