The decay of Ho and Ho

The disintegration characteristics of ^164mHo and ^164gHo have been studied using a high-resolution Ge(Li) spectrometer. Radioactive samples of ^164mHo and ^164gHo were obtained through the (n, 2n) reaction on spectroscopically pure holmium oxide with 14 MeV neutrons. The isomeric cross-section ratio for the yields of the ground and metastable states has been estimated to be 1.0±0.25. Gamma rays of 37.7 and 56.1 keV energy have been assigned to the decay of ^164mHo and 73.4 and 91.5 keV γ-rays are attributed to the decay of ^164gHo by electron capture and negaton emission, respectively. The branching ratio for the electron capture decay of ^164gHo to the levels in ¹⁶⁴Dy has been estimated accurately from the analysis of X-ray intensities. The results have been incorporated into a decay scheme.     

The decay of 1.2 min Ag and 5.3 h Ag

The decay schemes of 1.2 min and 5.3 h ¹¹³Ag have been studied using Ge(Li) and NaI(Tl) detectors and a 4096-channel multiparameter pulse-height analyser system. The decay of 5.3 h ¹¹³Ag was found to involve 15 γ-rays and to produce 10 excited states in ¹¹³Cd at energies of 264.7, 298.0, 315.6, 583.9, 604.6, 681.1, 883.6, 936.9, 989.0 and 1195.2 keV. The italicized energies refer to negative parity states, through which 1.3% of the decays go to yield the isomer at 264.7 keV. The 604.6 keV level is thought to be a case|9/2⁻ level similar for those found in several odd-mass Te and Xe isotopes. The 1.2 min ^113mAg decay was found to populate several of the same levels in Cd and two additional levels at 452 and 689 keV. The 1.2 min ¹¹³Ag is the upper isomer with high spin, probably .     

The decay of 23.0 min Rb to levels in Kr

The radioactive decay of ⁷⁹Rb(23.0±0.5 min) has been studied with the aid of semiconductor radiation detectors. Both singles and coincidence spectra have been recorded. The decay energy: 3520±45 keV was determined by measuring the endpoint of the positon spectrum in coincidence with prominent γ-rays. A decay scheme is proposed incorporating most of the measured γ-rays. The following energies in keV and parities of levels are assigned: ground state ( ), , , , , 383.71±0.18, 532.82±0.33, 688.21±0.09, , 934.0±1.4, 1089.4±0.4, 1474.7±0.3. The spin and parity of the ⁷⁹Rb ground state is most probably .     

The decay of 91 min As

The energies and relative intensities of γ-rays following the β-decay of ⁷⁸As (and ⁷⁶As) to levels in ⁷⁸Se (and ⁷⁶Se) have been measured using an 8 cm³ Ge(Li) spectrometer. The β-decay of ⁷⁸As has been measured using a superconducting magnet beta-ray spectrometer with two 3 mm thick Si(Li) detectors. These data plus β-γ and γ-γ coincidence results have been used to construct a level scheme with 18 excited levels in ⁷⁸Se. The half-life of ⁷⁸As was measured to be 90.7±0.2 min.     

Decay of Ru, Zr and Nb

The decay of ⁹⁷Ru, ⁹⁷zr and ⁹⁷Nb to levels in ⁹⁷Tc, ⁹⁷Nb and ⁹⁷Mo has been studied with Ge(Li), NaI(Tl), plastic scintillation, and Si (Li) detectors in singles and coincidence experiments. Level schemes were constructed with states in ⁹⁷Te at 96.5, 215.2, 324.4, (560), 785.5, 856 and 971 keV; in ⁹⁷Nb at 743.5, 1148.6, 1251.4, 1276.6, 1549.2, 1751.2, 1764.0, 1852.0, 2106.9 and 2247 keV; and in ⁹⁷Mo at 656.0, 1022.0, 1274.5 and 1514 keV. From β-endpoint energies, disintegration energies of ⁹⁷Zr and ⁹⁷Nb were determined to be 2580 ± 50 keV and 1830 ± 50 keV, respectively. Decay scheme considerations and an upper limit to the β⁺/ec ratio established the disintegration energy of ⁹⁷Ru to be about 1100 keV. Neither the effective-interaction method nor the pairing-correlation model accounts for the experimentally determined levels in mass-97 nuclei.     

Energy levels of Kr populated by Br decay

The γ-rays following the β-decay of ⁸²Br have been investigated using a 220 mm³ Ge(Li) detector, an anti-Compton NaI(Tl) spectrometer and a two-dimensional coincidence arrangement. The ⁸²Br was produced by thermal neutron activation of ammonium bromide. The presence of eight, well-known and 11 weak γ-rays has been established. It has been shown through half-life measurements that the newly identified γ-rays belong to ⁸²Br decay and that the high-energy peaks are not to summing effects. All the reported transitions have been incorporated in a level scheme of ⁸²Kr by introducing levels at 0, 776, 1474, 1820, 1953, 2093, 2426, 2554, 2647 and 2828 keV. Limits on probable spin and parity values for the newly-introduced levels have been established. The level introduced at 2828 keV on the basis of a 1008–1043 keV γγ-coincidence must be fed by a weak β-branch of ⁸²Br with an end-point energy of 263 keV and log ft of approximately 6.1.     

时间相关穆斯堡尔谱与GaAs的119mTe离子注入

本文提出并实现了一种新的穆斯堡尔谱——时间相关穆斯堡尔谱。这是利用两步衰变^119mTe→¹¹⁹Sb→¹¹⁹Sn而获得的。测量了110keV ^119mTe加10¹⁵稳定Te/cm²注入并经600℃退火的样品在不同测量时间内的穆斯堡尔谱,分析了各谱线随ξ的变化。这里ξ是我们定义的参量,它等于Φ_Te/Φ_总,由退火时刻t_{a关键词：}     

Low-intensity transitions in the decay of Rb

The γ-rays following the decay of ⁸⁸Rb have been studied with a 40 cm³ Ge(Li) detector with the aim of resolving discrepancies in some recent determinations of the decay scheme of this isotope. The existence of a 1799 keV γ-ray has been confirmed and three new γ-rays with energies of 1218, 1295 and 1368 keV have been found. All of these results are in good agreement with a decay scheme recently proposed by Ragaini and Knight.     

Decay of 59.3 min 128Sn to levels of 128Sb

The γ-ray spectra associated with the decay of 59.3 min ¹²⁸Sn have been measured with Ge(Li) detectors. In order to recognize γ-rays of ¹²⁸Sn and ^128mSb, the decay and/or growth of γ-rays emitted from a tin sample separated chemically from fission products were measured. The decay of ¹²⁸Sn is followed by the intense Sb X-rays and 32.1, 45.8, 75.1, 80.9, 115.9, 152.6, 404.4, 482.3, 557.3 and 680.2 keV γ-rays. On the basis of the measured singles and γ-γ coincidence spectra and the analysis of intensities of true sum peaks, a new decay scheme has been constructed. The 10.0 min isomer in ¹²⁸Sb decays by β-emission (96.4%) to excited levels in ¹²⁸Te and by an isomeric transition (3.6 %) to the 9.1 h ground state.     

The decay scheme of Ag

The γ-radiations following the decay of ¹¹²Ag have been studied with Ge(Li) detectors. The ¹¹²Ag half-life has been measured as 3.16±0.02 h; twenty gamma radiations ranging in energy from 606.7 keV to 2829.6 keV have been observed.

Gamma-gamma coincidence measurements have been performed with Ge(Li) and NaI(Tl) detectors. A decay scheme consistent with the present data is proposed.     

Prompt γ-rays from Pb following neutron emission from muonic Pb

We have measured the energies and intensities of prompt γ-rays from ²⁰⁶Pb that follow neutron emission from muonic ²⁰⁷Pb. For the levels at 803, 1704 and 2648 keV we deduce muonic isomer shifts. By comparing the relative and absolute yields of the γ-rays with the intensities of neutron groups observed in (γ, n) reactions, we find that roughly 50% of the prompt neutrons from muonic ²⁰⁷Pb result from radiationless deexcitation of atomic levels with .     

The decay of Sc and V

The decays of ⁴⁸Sc and ⁴⁸V have been studied with Ge(Li) diodes, scintillation spectrometers and a double focussing beta-ray spectrometer. The 3507 keV level, from which originates the quadruple cascade (9.4±0.5)% in the ⁴⁸Sc decay, is also de-excited by a 1212 keV cross-over transition to the 2295 keV (4⁺) level and supports the assumption, that the 3507 keV level has a spin 6⁺. The first member of the reported triple cascade in the ⁴⁸V decay is shown to be a doublet of 928.9±0.7 (1.2±0.2)% and 944.3±0.5 keV (8.0±0.5)% gamma rays, both followed by the 1311.4–983.3 keV cascade. Evidence was found, that the 2421 keV (2⁺) level is excited by weak gamma rays from high-energy levels. The K/β⁺ ration in the ⁴⁸V decay is 0.69±0.05 The Q-values of ⁴⁸Sc and ⁴⁸V are calculated to be 3986±7 keV and if 4015±4 keV, respectively. The energy of the gamma ray of ⁴⁷Sc, which is present as an impurity, is 159.2±0.5 keV.     

Cross sections for several (n, 2n) reactions at 14 Mev

Precision measurements of the cross sections of the (n, 2n) reactions to produce ^44mSc, ⁸⁸Y, ⁸⁹Zr, ⁹²Nb, ¹⁵⁰Eu(35y), ¹⁶⁸Tm, ^174m+gLu and ¹⁹⁶Au were made for a range of neutron energies from 13.7 to 15.0 MeV. The samples were irradiated at various positions on the surface of a 20 cm radius sphere centered at the ²H–³H neutron source. This allowed a range of neutron energies to be obtained with good energy resolution. The ²⁷Al(n, )²⁴Na reaction was used to monitor the neutron fluence in the target samples. Particular attention was given to the accurate measurement of the (n, 2n) products, using calibrated Ge(Li) and NaI(Tl) detectors. An uncertainty of about ±5% is assigned to the results, except those for ¹⁵⁰Eu and ¹⁷⁴Lu, which have an additional uncertainty in their decay schemes.     

70As(β++EC)衰变到70Ge的低自旋激发态(英文)

通过70As的放射性衰变研究了70Ge的激发态,新发现能量为1 036.99,1 196.66,1 539.29和2 531.7 keV的四条新γ射线,重新确认了2 219.34 keV γ射线的跃迁位置,新确认496.74,1 295.24和1 417.24 keV这三条γ射线首次放入衰变纲图,本工作证实了1 881.67,2 325.42和2 424.41 keV γ射线的跃迁位置,建议了能量为4 243.10和5 265.81 keV的两个新能级,建立了新的衰变纲图,基于比较半衰期和γ跃迁分支比建议了一些能级的自旋-宇称。The excited states of the 70Ge nucleus are investigated in radioactive decay of the 70As. Four new transitions with 1 036.99, 1 196.66, 1 539.29 and 2 531.7 keV are found for the first time. The position of 2 219.34 keV transition are reassigned, the transition positions of 496.74, 1 295.24 and 1 417.24 keV γ-rays are assigned for the first time, and the placements of 1 881.67, 2 325.42 and 2 424.41 keV γ-rays are confirmed in the present work. Two new levels, at 4 243.10 and 5 265.81 keV excitation energy, respectively, are proposed. The decay scheme is established and for a number of levels spin-parity assignments are suggested on the basis of logft values and γ-branching ratios.     

Alpha decay of Cm

An enriched sample of ²⁴⁷Cm (99.4 %) has been used to investigate the -decay scheme of ²⁴⁷Cm. Seven -groups with energies and intensities 5.265 (13.8 %), 5.210 (5.7 %), 5.145 (1.2 %), 4.983 (2.0 %), 4.941 (1.6 %), 4.868 (71.0 %) and 4.818 (4.7 %) were observed. Gamma-singles and γ coincidence spectra showed the presence of 278.0, 287.5, 346.0 and 402.4 keV γ-rays. A two-parameter coincidence experiment established that the sources of the 402.4 and the 287.5 keV γ-rays were 4.868 and 4.983 MeV -groups, respectively. The multipolarity of the 287.5 keV transition was found to be M1. The K conversion coefficient of the 402.4 keV γ-ray indicates an E1 multipolarity for this transition. The levels at 287.5 and 402.4 keV have been assigned to the and Nilsson states, respectively. The half-life of ²⁴⁷Cm was found to be (1.56±0.05) ×10⁷ y from the pulse analysis and mass spectrometric analysis of the sample.     

The Fermi matrix elements inferred from β-γ(CP) correlation measurements in Fe decay

Measurements have been made of the β-γ circular-polarization correlation paramter A for the 273 keV β-branch in the decay of ⁵⁹Fe. It has recently been established that each of the principal β-branches of ⁵⁹Fe involves ΔJ=0 and thus has a possible non-zero Fermi matrix element M_F which can be determined from the ƒt value and A. Previous β-γ (_CP) measurements on this nucleide have all employed the usual γ-ray scattering technique. This method is suitable for the 475 keV β-branch but does not produce an accurate measurement of the lower energy branch because of energy discrimination difficulties. A transmission polarimeter with γ-discrimination has been used in the present work to obtain clean data on the 273 keV β-1.29 MeV γ-cascade. Calibration with ⁶⁰Co (1.33 MeV) and ²⁸Al (1.79 MeV) yielded A = −0.154±0.023. This gives for the isospin impurity coefficient and the effective Coulomb matrix element of the 1.29 MeV state (1.1±1.4) × 10⁻³ and 9±11 keV, respectively.     

On the static quadrupole moments of the 21 states in Te and Te

The reorientation effect in Coulomb excitation was used to measure the static quadrupole moments of the first 2⁺ states in ¹²⁶Te and ¹²⁸Te. The particle-γ coincidence technique using a large NaI(Tl) crystal was employed to measure relative excitation probabilities at backward and forward projectile scattering angles. The Winther-de Boer multiple Coulomb excitation program was used to analyze the data. The influence of the deorientation effect was also determined. For positive interference via the second 2⁺ state the extracted quadrupole moments of the first 2⁺ states are; −0.20±0.09 b and -0.24±0.08 b for ¹²⁶Te and ¹²⁸Te respectively. The quadrupole moments of the first 2⁺ states of^{122,124,126,128,130}Te determined by different techniques are in excellent agreement with one another. The values are compared with recent theoretical calculations.     

20Mgβ衰变谱学与15O(α,γ)19Ne反应(英文)

15O（α,γ）19Ne（p,γ）20Na反应链是高温CNO循环向快速质子俘获过程突破的一条关键路径,相关的反应率输入量可通过20Mg的β衰变可布居19Ne共振态并测量其衰变性质来获得。通过高效率高精度地测量20Mg β衰变中产生的质子与γ射线得到了20Mg衰变的详细信息,并构建了完整的衰变纲图,还进行了19Ne 4 033 keV共振态衰变性质的探索,获得了该态在20Mg β衰变中被布居的分支比上限。通过比20Mg和20O镜像能级跃迁的结果确认了同位旋非对称性,为检验相关理论模型提供了精确的实验数据。对于突破路径中有重要影响的19Ne 4 033 keV共振态的性质,有待更高统计的实验进一步研究。The breakout from the hot CNO cycle to the rapid proton capture process can occur via the 15O(α,γ)19Ne(p,γ)20Na reaction sequence, and the β decay of 20Mg can be used as an alternative method to characterize some specific resonances, which will provide detailed nuclear structure input for reaction rate calculations. The reliable information on the decay properties and structure of 20Mg was obtained by measuring the emitted particles and γ-rays in the β decay with high efficiency and high resolution. Attempt was also made to search for the decay channels associated with the 4 033 keV resonance in 19Ne. To test fundamental symmetries, the transitions in the mirror decays of 20Mg and 20O were compared. The precise experimental data presented here would be important to constrain the theoretical calculations. It is desirable to clarify the astrophysically relevant problem by further experiments with improved statistics on the basis of the present work.     

The decay of Se

The gamma-ray spectrum associated with the electron capture decay of ⁷⁵Se has been studied with Ge(Li) spectrometers. Coincidence spectra were taken with a Ge(Li)---Ge(Li) combination. The data do not support a recent report of several new gamma rays in the decay of ⁷⁵Se. Gamma-gamma angular correlation experiments were performed with a NaI(Tl)---Ge(Li) combination. The value obtained for δ(280 keV) is in excellent agreement with one recently reported value but in poor agreement with another. The ratio P_K/P_tot for the electron capture branch to the 401 keV level of ⁷⁵As has been determined, and the result agrees with previous experimental determinations.     

Excited levels of Pa

The -decay spectrum of ²³⁷Np was measured with a semiconductor spectrometer of 18 keV effective resolution (FWHM). Over 13 new lines were identified. The γ-ray spectrum of ²³⁷Np and ²³³Th from 20 to 1000 keV was studied with high-resolution Ge(Li) and Si(Li) detectors. From these data and previous results, a more complete level scheme of ²³³Pa is constructed.

Nilsson assignments for rotational bands based on levels at 0, 86.6 and 237.7 keV are confirmed. A new band whose lowest member is the level at 170.3 keV is identified and new levels with probable vibrational character are studied.