High-spin states in the N=50 nucleus $^{85}$Br

High-spin states in $^{85}$Br have been studied following the fission of the $^{226}$Th compound nucleus formed in a fusion-evaporation reaction. The Gammasphere array was used to detect $\gamma$-ray coincidences. The level scheme has been extended up to $\sim$5~MeV excitation energy. Two states at $\sim$2~MeV excitation energy are candidates for the 9/2$^{+}$ state originating from the odd proton occupying the $g_{9/2}$ orbital. The experimental results are compared with predictions of shell model calculations. The results are compared with concurrent studies of $^{85}$Br as a product of deep-inelastic processes in heavy-ion multi-nucleon tranfer reactions published in Ref.~[1]. This work has been supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contracts No. W-7405-ENG-36 (LANL), W-7405-ENG-48 (LLNL) and AC03-76SF00098 (LBNL) and by the National Science Foundation (Rutgers). [1] Y. H. Zhang {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. C {\bf 70} 024301 (2004).