Observation of high spin levels in131Cs from131Ba decay

The γ- and conversion electron spectra following¹³¹Ba ε-decay are investigated, using HPGe detector and mini-orange electron spectrometer. Attention is particularly focussed on identifying weak transitions associated with low energy high spin levels in¹³¹Cs level scheme earlier inferred in reaction studies but not yet observed in¹³¹Ba decay. Our experiment identifies 15 new gammas and 6 new conversion lines in this decay. Internal conversion coefficients and multipolarities of several transitions are determined. Five new levels (3 with I^π = 7/2⁺ and one each with I^π 9/2⁺ and 11/2⁻) are introduced in the¹³¹Cs level scheme based on our observations taken together with the results from reaction studies. Spin-parity assignments to a few other levels are also suggested     

Nuclear orientation of136Cs: Reorientation in the 0.3S 7-isomer of136Ba

Properties of the decay of¹³⁶Cs to¹³⁶Ba are deduced from low temperature nuclear orientation studies. Of particular interest is the observation of attenuated anisotropy in transitions from the 7- 0.3s isomer at 2031 keV. This is ascribed to the presence of mixed electric/magnetic interaction in this state which is not collinear with the parent¹³⁶Cs quantisation axis. the ISOLDE collaboration     

Energy levels of136Pm and136Nd via beta decay of136Sm and136Pm

¹³⁶Pm and¹³⁶Nd were studied using theβ decay of¹³⁶Sm and¹³⁶Pm. The radioactive nuclei were produced by the⁹²Mo (⁴⁸Ti,xpyn) and¹¹²Sn (²⁸Si,xpyn) reactions. The UNISOR isotope separator enabled mass identification. The previously unknown level scheme of¹³⁶Pm was constructed and the half-life of¹³⁶Sm was determined to be 47±2 s. Six new levels and thirteen newγ-ray transitions have been added to the level scheme of¹³⁶Nd.     

The decay of the136I isomers to the energy levels of136Xe

The gamma ray spectra associated with the decay of the¹³⁶I isomers have been measured by means of a Ge(Li) detector. The iodine samples were produced by using the technique of on-line isotope separation of the fission products of a²³⁵U target at the R2-O reactor in Studsvik, Sweden. On the basis of the measured singles and Ge-Ge coincidence spectra a new level scheme was constructed for¹³⁶Xe. A comparison with theoretical calculations is included. The half-life analysis of the gamma peaks as well as the beta andK X-rays associated with mass 136 iodine showed that there exist three separate half-lives: 48 ± 2 s, 83 ± 3 s and 100 ± 3 s, the last one being not previously reported. The possibility of the existence of three isomeric states in¹³⁶I is discussed.     

Levels and transitions in136Ba

Excited states of¹³⁶Ba are studied in the beta decay of¹³⁶Cs. The gamma spectrum is measured with high-resolution and coincidence techniques. Several new transitions are suggested to be connected with two recently reported levels. Gamma-gamma directional correlations are performed in an attempt to determine the characteristics of these levels, and in order to determine mixing ratios. The lifetime of the 2207.5 keV state is remeasured, and the lifetime of the 2140.5 keV state is measured for the first time.     

Decay of the134Cs isomers and the levels of134Xe,134Cs,and134Ba

A precision study of the decay of¹³⁴Cs ^g and¹³⁴Cs ^m has been made, using ordinary Ge(Li) spectrometers and ā Compton-suppression spectrometer. The logft value of the second forbidden nonuniqueβ-decay to¹³⁴Xe has been measured to be 13.0±0.2. TheM4γ-ray transition in¹³⁴Cs^m(8^?) decay has been measured to haveα _K= 73±7 and a hindrance of 7.0 over the Moskowski estimate. This is discussed in terms of the level configurations and the analogous transition in¹³³Xe. A new intensity limit of 2×10^?6 has been set for the zero-phonon transition between the 4⁺ and 2⁺ members of the two-phonon triplet. This leads to an upper limit forB(E2)_4→2′, greater than 905. This and the more preciseγ-ray intensity values are discussed in relation to presently available nuclear models.     

124Ba Decay to the 55 124 Cs69 low-spin levels

The decay of¹²⁴Ba to the levels of odd-odd¹²⁴Cs has been studied with on-line mass-separated sources delivered at the Isocele facility. The energy level scheme has been established fromγ-ray singles,γ?γ?t coincidence ande?γ?t coincidence spectra. Spin and parity of several low-lying levels have been assigned on the basis of internal conversion coefficient measurements andβ-branchings. A completely new level pattern including approximately 50 levels and 180γ-rays is proposed for¹²⁴Cs. Several features of this level scheme are discussed and compared to those of neighbouring isotopes.     

Level structure of 123Cs observed from 123Ba decay and described using the IBFM and CQPC models

The decay of ¹²³Ba to ¹²³Cs has been studied with mass-separated sources. Singles spectra of γ-rays, X-rays and conversion electrons as well as γ - γ - t, γ - e ⁻ - t, and X - e ⁻ - t coincidences were recorded. A level scheme of ¹²³Cs has been constructed including 26 new excited states and 82 transitions. The existence of a I ^π = 11/2⁻, T _1/2 = 1.7 s isomer, bandhead of the h _11/2 band, is confirmed. Its excitation energy equals 156.3 keV. A new T _1/2 = 114 ns isomer has been established at 232 keV using the in-beam recoil catcher technique. It is assigned to the I ^π = 9/2⁺ bandhead of the gpg _9/2 band. Collective bands based on the 1/2⁺ ground state and first 3/2⁺ excited state are proposed. The level structure is described in the frame of the interacting boson-fermion and core-quasiparticle coupling models.     

The decay of Cs

In a study of the level scheme of ¹³¹Cs, we have measured the γ-γ and the ce-γ directional correlations of the 496-123.7 keV and 486-133.5 keV cascades. The linear polarization at φ=90° was measured for the 496-123.7 keV and 486-133.5 keV cascades. The L-subshell ratios for the 123.7 keV transition were determined. The g-factor of the 133.5 keV level and the half-lives of the 78.7, 123.7, 133.5 and 216 keV levels were re-investigated. The spin and parity assignments derived for the 620, 133.5 and 123.7 keV levels are , respectively. The 620, 496, 486, 133.5 and 123.7 keV transitions are found to be of pure E2, pure M1, pure E2, (M1+(22±2)%E2) and pure E2 multipolarity, respectively. An upper limit of 192 ps for the half-life of the 216 keV level is obtained. The results are compared with theoretical estimates from the calculations of Kisslinger and Sorensen, of Freed and of Freed and Miles.     

keV Neutron capture cross sections of 134Ba and 136Ba

The neutron capture cross sections of ¹³⁴Ba and ¹³⁶Ba have been measured in the energy region 3 to ¹⁰⁰keV. The following average quantities were deduced from the extracted resonance parameters: 〈D〉 = 127±10eV, 10⁴S₀ = 0.85±0.3, 10⁴S₁ = 0.8, 〈Γ_γ〉 = 120±20 meV for ¹³⁴Ba. Analysis of the ¹³⁶Ba data gave 〈Γ_γ〉 = 125±30meV for s-wave neutrons. The average 30 keV capture cross sections for these two s-process nuclei were found to be $\text{225±35}\text{mb}\text{for}{}^{134}\text{Ba and}\text{61±10}\text{mb}\text{for}{}^{136}\text{Ba}$.     

136Ba的10+同质异能态

利用450MeV的⁸²Se束流轰击¹³⁹La靶,通过核子转移反应产生了¹³⁶Ba,用在束γ谱学方法测量了其激发态的γ衰变,观测到了它的10⁺态同质异能态并得到该同质异能态的寿命为94ns.     

The decay of127Cs

The decay of¹²⁷Cs (T _1/2=6.2 h) was investigated by means of a Ge(Li) spectrometer and a double-focusingβ-ray spectrometer. The decay scheme for¹²⁷Cs is presented including eight new levels. The spins and parities for¹²⁷Xe levels were determined. Based on the determination of the spins for the ground and first excited levels the spin 9/2 for the isomeric state of¹²⁷Xe was proposed. The relative cumulative yields of caesium isotopes from the spallation of natural cerium with 660 MeV protons are given.     

Study of131Ba decay

Singles and coincidence spectra of gamma rays emitted in the decay of¹³¹Ba(11.8d) have been studied with improved statistics. The existence of the level at 1342.07 keV and gamma transitions at 82.58, 461.22, 562.87, 703.53, 1046.4, 1125.97, 1170.53, 1208.43 and 1342.02 keV have been confirmed. Thirteen previously unreported gamma rays at 390.1, 474.2, 506.1, 517.5, 533.7, 596.5, 657.6, 745.5, 757.0, 785.92, 840.9, 1037.0 and 1218.30 keV have been identified and seven new coincidence relations are reported. The level at 596.4 keV is proposed based on coincidence evidence and the level at 657.6 keV is tentatively proposed on the basis of energy differences. All the 62 gamma rays observed in this study have been placed into the decay scheme.     

Alpha decay of 114Ba

We measured for the first time the α decay of ¹¹⁴Ba. The results are discussed in comparison with theoretical predictions.     

The decay of131Ba

The decay of¹³¹Ba has been studied by Ge(Li) detector supplemented by Ge(Li)-Ge(Li) fast-slow coincidence and NaI(Tl)-NaI(Tl) sum-coincidence spectrometer. The existence of 31 gamma rays and the levels at 78.8, 123.5, 133.4, 215.7, 373.0, 585.0, 620.0, 696.3 and 1084.4 keV have been confirmed. No evidences are found for the level at 1170 keV and 215.7?78.8 and 696.3?373.0 transitions. Some transitions are found to be connected with the impurities which were attributed to¹³¹Ba decay in earlier studies. The relative intensities and conversion coefficients have been determined and multipolarities of some of the transitions infered from the comparison of the conversion coefficients with the theoretical values.     

Determination of the isotopic shift of the first resonance line in Cs(I) spectrum for the isotopes 131Cs, 132Cs,and 136Cs

The isotope shifts of the resonance line $\text{λ = 8521}\text{A}\text{?}$ of ¹³¹Cs, ¹³²Cs, and ¹³⁶Cs with respect to ¹³³Cs were determined by a new scanning technique to be $\text{v}\text{?}\text{(}{}^{133}\text{Cs}\text{)-}\text{v}\text{?}\text{(}{}^{131}\text{Cs}\text{) = +1.70(40)}\text{mK}$, $\text{v}\text{?}\text{(}{}^{133}\text{Cs}\text{)-}\text{v}\text{?}\text{(}{}^{132}\text{Cs}\text{) = ?0.95(80)}\text{mK}$, $\text{v}\text{?}\text{(}{}^{136}\text{Cs}\text{)-}\text{v}\text{?}\text{(}{}^{133}\text{Cs}\text{) = ?4.0(3.0)}\text{mK}$. In accordance with results from other Cs isotopes and neighbouring elements they show the change 〈δr²〉 in the second radial moment of the nuclear charge distribution to be a factor of 5 to 10 smaller than expected from the model of uniform charge distribution. Integral isotope shifts over the isotopic chains of Xe, Cs, and Ba were analyzed in terms of collective models. Assuming an isotopic shift discrepancy of 0.5 for the nuclear volume shift it was possible to derive deformation parameters $\text{〈β}{}^2\text{〉}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ in quantitative agreement with those from B(E2) measurements.     

Electron capture intensities in the decay of133Ba

The ground state decay of¹³³Ba was investigated using NaI(Tl) scintillation crystals.P _L/P_K electron capture ratios were measured for the transitions to the 437 keV and to the 384 keV level of¹³³Cs. The results are: (P _L/P_K)₄₃₇=0.371±0.007 and (PP _L/P_K)₃₈₄=0.221±0.005. From these data a mass difference between the ground states of the¹³³Ba- and the¹³³Cs-atom of (515±3) keV was derived. Besides, these capture ratios yield an exchange correction of 1.03±0.03. Furthermore, the intensity of the transition to the 161 keV level was determined to be smaller than 0.5% of all decays.