Inelastic proton scattering to the first excited 2+ state of the doubly magic ' Ni nucleus was investigated in inverse kinematics, using a secondary beam of radioactive Ni nuclei. At an incident energy of 101 MeV/nucleon, a value B(E2, 0+ 2+) = 600~120 e~fm4 was measured. This result completes the set of experimental data for the first excited 2+ states in the 1f 2p shell with a closed shell of neutrons or protons. These data are compared to recent shell-model calculations.
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