Zur Gamma- und Röntgenstrahlung von Holmium-164

The photon spectrum in the decay of¹⁶⁴Ho was investigated using a high resolution solid state detector separating theK-X-rays of Dy, Ho and Er. The two γ-rays depopulating the 3⁺ and 2⁺ levels in¹⁶⁴Ho were found to have energies of 56.6 and 37.3 keV. The 91.4 keV radiation of Er from our sample seems to have a non resolved high energy component with about 2.5% intensity. It may be due to the cross-over transition 3⁺→1⁺ or a sum line. The half-life of the isomeric state of¹⁶⁴Ho was found to be 36.7 ± 1 min. The total transition rates between different levels were calculated from the measured photon intensities. The fraction 0.27 found in the branching of thee ^?-capture feeding the 2⁺-state of Dy has nearly the same value as the analog branching in the β^?-decay. Combining the measured complex ground state decay curve and the transition intensities of the isomeric and of the ground state the ground state half-live can be deduced and was found to be (28.1 ± 1.0) min. The corresponding ratio of the ground state and the isomeric state production rates is 2.8₄:1. A ratio of 0.04 was found for the cross section of¹⁶⁵Ho (γ, 3n),¹⁶²Ho and¹⁶⁵Ho (γ,n)¹⁶⁴Ho for a 90 MeV bremsspectrum.