Direct mass measurements of 68Se and 80Y

The masses of neutron-deficient nuclides near the N = Z line with A = 64-80 have been determined using a direct time-of-flight technique which employed a cyclotron as a high-resolution spectrometer. The measured atomic masses for 68 Se and 80 Y were 67.9421(3) u and 79.9344(2) u, respectively. The new values agree with the 2003 Atomic Mass Evaluation. The result for 68 Se confirms that this nucleus is a waiting point of the rp-process, and that for 80 Y resolves the conflict between earlier measurements. Using the present results and the 2003 Atomic Mass Evaluation compilation, the empirical interaction between the last proton and the last neutron in N = Z nuclei has been revisited and extended.