Alpha capture to the giant dipole resonances of 42Ca, 44Ca and 52Cr

Differential cross sections for the ${}^{38}\text{Ar}\text{(α, γ}{}_0\text{)}{}^{42}\text{Ca}\text{,}{}^{40}\text{Ar}\text{(α, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0,\; 1}}\text{)}{}^{44}\text{Ca and}{}^{48}\text{Ti}\text{(α, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0,\; 1}}\text{)}{}^{52}\text{Cr}$ reactions were measured at 90° to the beam direction in 50 or 100 keV steps over the bombarding energy ranges 6.0–15.0 MeV, 5.5–11.1 MeV and 6.0–12.0 MeV respectively. Gamma-ray angular distributions were measured at forty bombarding energies. These show that the (α, γ₀) reaction proceeds through 1^? levels and to a lesser extent 2⁺ levels, whereas the (α, γ₁) reaction most probably proceeds through 1^? and 3^? levels. It is deduced that 〈Γ〉/〈D〉 ≦ 1 for the ⁴⁰Ar(α, γ)⁴⁴Ca. reaction whereas the fine structure observed in the ⁴⁸Ti(α, γ)⁵²Cr reaction is probably due to fluctuations. From a comparison with other data it is shown that the (α, γ) reaction is most probably statistical in nature. Using Hauser-Feshbach theory it is deduced that the ³⁶Ar(α, γ)⁴⁰Ca. reaction is inhibited by isospin selection rules and an estimate is made of isospin mixing in the ⁴⁰Ca giant dipole resonance. The ${}^{38}\text{Ar}\text{(α, γ)}{}^2{}^{42}\text{Ca and}{}^{40}\text{Ar}\text{(α, γ)}{}^{44}\text{Ca}$ data are considered with respect to theories of isosopin splitting of the giant dipole resonance.     

A study of 3He capture in light nuclei

Excitation functions at θ = 90° have been measured for ${}^{16}\text{O}\text{(}{}^3\text{He}\text{, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0?2,\; 3?5,\; 6}}\text{)}{}^{19}\text{Ne}$, ${}^{15}\text{N}\text{(}{}^3\text{He}\text{, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0,\; 1?4}}\text{)}{}^{18}\text{F}\text{,}{}^{14}\text{N}\text{(}{}^3\text{He}\text{, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0,\; 1,2,3}}\text{)}{}^{17}\text{F}$, and ${}^{20}\text{Ne}\text{(}{}^3\text{He}\text{, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0\; +\; 1}}\text{)}{}^{23}\text{Mg}$, in the range E_{3He = 3–19 MeV}. The first reaction has also been studied at θ = 40°. Excitation functions at 90° have also been measured for and ${}^4\text{He}\text{(}{}^3\text{He}\text{, γ}{}_{\mathrm{0\; +\; 1}}\text{)}{}^7\text{Be}$ for E_3He = 19–26 MeV. Angular distributions have been measured for the first four reactions.For the most excitation functions, a broad peak is observed, several MeV wide, centred at about E_x≈ 20 MeV. Superimposed on this, in some cases, are narrower peaks, with width ≈ 1 MeV. Energies and widths have been extracted for all resonances.Cluster-model calculations have been carried out, using methods similar to those which have proved successful for low-lying states in A= 18–19 nuclei. No satisfactory correspondence with the present results was found. The shell model has been used to calculate Γ_3He and Γ_γ for 1?ω excitations in the final nuclei. These generally show good agreement with the trends of the experimental data. The results are consistent with the excitation of the giant dipole resonance in ³He capture, but much more weakly than in proton capture.     

Angular distributions of the 2h(d, γ)4he reaction

Angular distributions of γ-rays from the ²H(d, γ)⁴He reaction have been measured at the deuteron energies E_d = 6.05, 8.96 and 11.67 MeV with a 12.7 cm × 15.2 cm NaI(Tl) crystal enclosed in a Cerenkov anticoincidence shield. A least-square fit of the angular distributions indicates that the differential cross section is proportional to sin²θ cos²θ and that the process proceeds through an E2 transition of the type ${}^1\text{D}{}_2\text{→}{}^1\text{S}{}_0$.     

Radiative capture of fast neutrons by 89Y and 140Ce

The γ-ray spectra from the reactions ⁸⁹Y(n, γ)⁹⁰Y and ¹⁴⁰Ce(n, γ)¹⁴¹Ce have been measured in the neutron energy range of 6.2–15.6 MeV. The pulse-height spectra were recorded with NaI(Tl) spectrometers and time-of-flight techniques were used to improve signal-to-background ratio. Capture cross sections were determined for γ-ray transitions to the two $\text{2}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ levels at 0 and 203 keV of ⁹⁰Y and to the $\text{2}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ ground state of ¹⁴¹Ce as well as integrated cross sections to bound states in these nuclei. The observed γ-ray spectra and partial radiative capture cross sections were compared with predictions of the direct-semidirect capture theory. The resonance behaviour with neutron energy of both the ground-state and integrated partial capture cross sections shows the validity of the semidirect model for ⁸⁹Y and ¹⁴⁰Ce in the region of neutron energy encompassing the giant-dipole resonance. The observed symmetry of the cross sections about the peak of the resonance argues strongly for the complex form of the particle-vibration coupling interaction. A detailed comparison of the predictions of the DSD model using the complex coupling interaction shows that the capture cross sections are relatively insensitive to the real part of the interaction.     

Parity non-conservation in the radiative capture of polarized neutrons by 35Cl

We report a measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in the radiative capture of polarized cold neutrons in the reaction ³⁵Cl(n, γ)³⁶Cl where ³⁶Cl is in the ground state. The measured value of the asymmetry is a = (1.57 ± 0.531) × 10^?4. We deduce the mixing between the 2⁺ capture level and the neighboring 2^? levelto be $\text{〈2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{¦H}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>p.v.</mtext>}}\text{¦2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{〉 = ?0.25 ± 0.08}\text{eV}$ before corrections. A measurement of the integral asymmetry of all γ-rays in the neutron capture by ³⁵Cl leads to agreement with measurements at Leningrad.     

The β− decay of 102Mo

The ¹⁰²Mo activity was obtained by photofission of natural U and thermal-neutron induced fission of ²³⁵U, with subsequent chemical separation of the molybdenum fraction. In addition, nuclei with mass 102 were separated from fission products of ²³⁵U(n_th, f) using the mass separator LOHENGRIN. A decay scheme and absolute γ-intensities are deduced from measured γ-ray, X-ray and γ-coincidence spectra. Logftvalues are calculated. Shell-model calculations for a $\text{(πlg}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}^3$$\text{(νlg}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}^3$ multiplet have been carried out using effective nucleon-nucleon interactions. The γ-decay between low-lying, low-spin members of this multiplet was studied in detail and compared with the experimental data.     

Decay of 48K, 49K and 50K

The ⁴⁸K, ⁴⁹K and ⁵⁰K nuclides have been produced in high energy fragmentation and analyzed by mass spectroscopy techniques. Their half-lives have been measured as 6 ± 1 s, 1.1 ± 0.3 s and and 0.7 ± 0.3 s, respectively. The γ-rays from their radioactive decay have been observed and the corresponding γ-intensities measured. The nuclide ⁵⁰K is shown to be a delayed neutron emitter. The antianalog states in the daughter Ca nuclei with a $\text{(1d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ neutron configuration, preferentially populated in the β-decay, have been located. The corresponding $\text{1d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ neutron single-particle energy is found to remain approximately constant for these neutron-rich Ca isotopes.     

Spectroscopy of 42Ca from 41Ca(d,p)

Energy levels in ⁴²Ca up to 7.8 MeV have been studied in the neutron capture reaction ⁴¹Ca(d, p)⁴²Ca with 12 MeV bombarding energy. Ninety-four excited states have been identified and angular distributions have been measured in the interval from 5° to 110° by means of a broad-range magnetic spectrograph. The angular distributions together with DW calculations have been used to determine I_n values and spectroscopic factors. The $\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ strength sum agrees with shell-model expectations if the f_{$\text{7}\text{2}$} spectroscopic factors are renormalized by $\text{1}\text{0.75}$, in line with other $\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$. transfer experiments on ⁴⁰Ca and ⁴¹Ca. A similar renormalization of the l_n = 1 spectroscopic factors brings this strength sum in accordance with the shell-model calculations. The effective ($\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^2$) matrix elements for ⁴²Ca are compared with the corresponding matrix elements of ⁴²Sc and ⁴⁸Sc. The differences between the three sets of matrix elements are of the order of a few hundred keV or less. The monopole centroid energy of the ($\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}^2$ multiplet is shifted downwards in the mass-42 nuclei compared to ⁴⁸Sc, possibly indicating the importance of the monopole pairing force near ⁴⁰Ca.     

Study of 11B at high excitations with the 9Be(3He,p)11B and 9Be(α, d)11B reactions

The nucleus ¹¹B has been studied over the excitation energy range from 8.5 MeV to 21.5 MeV with the ⁹Be(³He, p)¹¹B / reaction at / E_{³He = 38 MeV}. The analogs of the parent states in ¹¹Be have been located at 12.56, 12.92, 14.40, 16.44, 17.69, 18.0, 19.15 and 21.27 MeV. A complementary measurement with the ⁹Be(α, d)¹¹B reaction at E_α = 48 MeV demonstrates that the 16.44, 17.69, 18.0 and 19.15 MeV resonances have rather pure isospin $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{f}}\text{=}\text{3}\text{2}$. The 14.40 MeV state is a strongly isospin-mixed analog of the $\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{1.78}\text{MeV}$ state in ¹¹Be. It is argued that spin S = 1 transfer is involved in the excitation of the 16.44 MeV state and its 3.887 MeV parent in ¹¹Be in a two-step stripping process. The $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{f}}\text{=}\text{1}\text{2}$ states and the lowest three $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{f}}\text{=}\text{3}\text{2}$ states are compared with the predictions of DWBA utilizing shell-model form factors. It is concluded that the $\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{f}}\text{=}\text{1}\text{2}$ strength is more strongly fragmented than is implied by the calculations of Teeters and Kurath.     

Interference effects in 12C(p, γ)13N and direct capture to unbound states

Excitation functions of the capture reaction ¹²C(p, γ₀)¹³N have been obtained at θ_γ = 0° and 90° and E_p = 150–2500 keV. The results can be explained if a direct radiative capture process, E1(s and d → p), to the ground state in ¹³N is included in the analysis in addition to the two well-known resonances in this beam energy range $\text{[E}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{= 457(}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$ and 1699 $\text{(}\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{) keV]}$. The direct capture component is enhanced through interference effects with the two resonance amplitudes. From the observed direct capture cross section, a spectroscopic factor of C²S(l = 1) = 0.49 ± 0.15 has been deduced for the $\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ ground state in ¹³N. Excitation functions for the reaction ${}^{12}\text{C(p,γ}{}_1\text{p}{}^1\text{)}{}^{12}\text{C}$ have been obtained at θ_γ = 0° and 90° and E_p = 610–2700 keV. Away from the 1699 keV resonance the capture γ-ray yield is dominated by the direct capture process E1 (p → s) to the $\text{2366 (}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{) keV}$ unbound state. Above E_p = 1 MeV, the observed excitation functions are well reproduced by the direct capture theory to unbound states (bremsstrahlung theory). Below E_p = 1 MeV, i.e., E_p → 457 keV, the theory diverges in contrast to observation. This discrepancy is well known in bremsstrahlung theory as the “infrared problem”. From the observed direct capture cross sections at $\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{p}}\text{? 1 MeV}$, a spectroscopic factor of C²S(l = 0) = 1.02 ± 0.15 has been found for the $\text{2366 (}\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{) keV}$ unbound state. A search for direct capture transitions to the $\text{3512 (}\text{3}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{)}$and $\text{3547 (}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{) keV}$ unbound states resulted in upper limits of C²S(l = 1) ≦ 0.5 and C²S(l = 2) ? 1.0, respectively. The results are compared with available stripping data as well as shell-model calculations. The astrophysical aspect of the ¹²C(p, γ₀)¹³N reaction also is discussed.     

Study of the 91Zr(d, 3He)90Y reaction

The ⁹¹Zr(d, ³He) reaction was studied at a deuteron energy of 28 MeV. Angular distributions were measured from 13° to 47°; l_p values were extracted for the prominent lines of ⁹⁰Y. The l_p values and transition strengths were determined by DWBA analysis. The angular distributions for the $\text{(π}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)(ν}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}$ doublet (g.s. and 0.20 MeV state) exhibit the characteristic l = 1 shape. States at 1.42, 1.57, 1.64 and 1.81 MeV were also populated strongly in the (d, ³He) reaction; the 1.42, 1.57 and 1.81 MeV levels contain l= 1 transition strength and are most likely members of the $\text{(π}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)(ν}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}$ multiplet. The 2.03 MeV state has a characteristic l = 3 angular distribution and is suggested to be the only member of the $\text{(π}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)(ν}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}$ sextet to be unambiguously observed in this study, most probably the 5^? or 4^? member. The members of the $\text{(π}\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)(ν}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}$ sextet were populated weakly (less than 100 μb/sr) in this reaction.     

g-Factors of high-spin isomers in 194Hg and 196Hg

The g-factors of the 10⁺ isomeric states in ¹⁹⁴Hg and ¹⁹⁶Hg have been measured using the in beam IPAD method. The results $\text{g(}{}^{194}\text{Hg}\text{) = ?0.24(4)}$ and $\text{g(}{}^{196}\text{Hg}\text{) = ?0.18(9)}$ are in agreement with the value expected for an ($\text{i}{}_1\text{3}\text{2}$^?2) neutron satructure and clearly contradict the previous assignment as ($\text{h}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?2}}$) proton configurations. Cranking model calculations show that the neutron excitation energies in the rotating frame agree satisfactorily with the experimental energies and that the proton excitations are expected ≈2 MeV above the experimental yrast line     

A remeasurement of the 12C(α, γ0) excitation function in the vicinity of the 12.44 and 13.1 MeV levels of 16O

The excitation function of the ${}^{12}\text{C(α, γ}{}_0\text{)}$ reaction at θ = 90° has been remeasured for bombarding energies between 6.5 and 8.5 MeV. The measurement was made to resolve discrepancies apparent in earlier measurements relating to the absolute cross section, the location of the lower 1^? resonance near 7.05 MeV (¹⁶O excitation energy 12.44 MeV) and to the relative peak cross sections of this resonance and a second 1^? resonance at 7.88 MeV.     

Study of low-lying states in 92Tc with the 92Mo(3He,t) reaction

States in ⁹²Tc have been studied by means of the ⁹²Mo(³He, t) reaction at 27.5 MeV. The Q-value for this reaction and the excitation energy of the isobaric ground state analogue of ⁹²Mo were determined to be ?7.882 ± 0.030 MeV and 3.813 ± 0.030 MeV respectively. Strongly populated levels in ⁹²Tc appear to belong to configurations arising from the $\text{(1g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}_{\mathrm{\pi }}\text{(1g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{)}{}_{\mathrm{\nu }}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$ multiplet.     

Neutron resonance parameters and radiative capture cross sections of 147Sm and 149Sm

Neutron capture and transmission measurements have been carried out on the separated isotopes of ¹⁴⁷Sm (98.34 %) and ¹⁴⁹Sm (97.72 %) at the 55 m time-of-flight station of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute electron linear accelerator. Resonance energies and neutron widths for a large number of resolved resonances were determined up to 2 keV for ¹⁴⁷Sm and 520 eV for ¹⁴⁹Sm. Radiation widths for 5 resonances in ¹⁴⁷Sm + n and 7 resonances in ¹⁴⁹Sm + n were derived. The s-wave strength functions, average level spacings and average radiation widths were obtained to be: $\text{10}{}^4\text{S}{}_0\text{= 4.8 ± 0.5,}\text{D}\text{= 5.7 ± 0.5}\text{eV}$ and $\text{Γ}{}_{\mathrm{\gamma }}\text{= 69 ± 2}\text{meV for}{}^{147}\text{Sm}$; a $\text{10}{}^4\text{S}{}_0\text{= 4.6 ± 0.6,}\text{D}\text{= 2.2 ± 0.2}\text{eV}$ and $\text{Γ}{}_{\mathrm{\gamma }}\text{= 62 ± 2}\text{meV for}{}^{149}\text{Sm}$. The average capture cr sections were deduced from 3.3 to 300 keV with an estimated accuracy of 5 to 15 %. The measured capture cross sections for ¹⁴⁹Sm are largely different from the evaluated data, which are obtained based on the statistical model calculation. Possible reasons for this disagreement are discussed.     

Study of the 92,96Zr(d, α)90,94Y reactions

The hole-hole structure of ⁹⁴Y was studied via the reaction ⁹⁶Zr(d, α)⁹⁴Y and compared to the particle-hole structure of ⁹⁰Y, which was populated by the reaction ⁹²Zr(d, α)⁹⁰Y. The deuteron beam energy was 28 MeV. Angular distributions of both reactions were obtained for the prominent lines. New states of ⁹⁴Y were observed at 0.44, 1.17, 1.39, 1.53, 1.82, 1.90, 2.17, 2.33, 2.46 and 2.77 MeV. Our data are consistent with the previously reported 2^? assignment of the ground state, and we suggest J^π = 3^? for the 0.44 MeV state, these being members of the $\text{(π2}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{, ν2}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}$ doublet. The 1.17 state is suggested to be a member of the $\text{(πp}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{, ν}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}$ multiplet. The Q-value of the ⁹⁶Zr(d, α)⁹⁴Y reaction was measured to be 7.609 ± 0.020 MeV. The reaction ⁹⁴Zr(d, α) was performed at two angles. Several new states of ⁹²Y were observed at 0.31, 0.78, 1.03, 1.31, 1.49, 1.69 and 1.89 MeV.     

γ-decay of the deeply-bound hole states in 101Pd, 105Pd, 107Pd, 111Sn, 117Sn observed in the (3He, αγ) reaction at 70 MeV

The γ-decay of deep-hole states in ^{101, 105, 107}Pd was studied via the (³He, αγ) reaction at E_³he = 70 MeV and supplemented by data from ^{112, 118}Sn targets to investigate the deep-hole spreading mechanism. The γ-decay pattern for the $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ deep-hole state shows a strong dependence on the spreading width: if the deep-hole state is observed as a sharp peak, it mainly decays to the low-lying $\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ state by a spin-flip M1 transition with a large M1-E2 mixing ratio; if the deep-hole state is observed as a broad bump, it decays statistically indicating the complete spreading of the hole strength over the underlying states; if the deep-hole state is observed with a structure intermediate between a sharp peak and broad bump, its γ-decay shows both decay patterns.A sharp peak at E_x = 2.396 MeV in ¹⁰¹Pd which carries a large fraction of the $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ hole strength (C²S = 2.0) was found to be a single state having a width of less than 2.5 keV.For the spin-flip M1 transition the destructive interference between the $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ component and the coupled components of the deep-hole state was found in heavily spread states.A quasiparticle-plus-rotor (QPR) model was applied to calculate the fragmentation in the doorway stage for the $\text{g}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>9</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ neutron deep-hole state in the Pd isotopes. A reasonable agreement between the calculation and the experimental results was obtained for the strength fragmentation, for the nucleus ¹⁰¹Pd. However, the large M1-E2 mixing ratio experimentally observed was not reproduced.     

Proton capture by 11B above the giant resonance

The cross sections for proton capture by ¹¹B to the ground and excited states of ¹²C have been measured in the proton energy interval between 18 and 43 MeV. The ground-state cross section shows good agreement with theoretical calculations including correlations. Capture photons have also been observed to all the residual 1p-1h states of ¹²C having a dominant $\text{1}\text{p}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ hole: the corresponding cross sections systematically show a giant resonance whose energy increases with the increasing excitation energy of the “background” level. The resonances at 27.4, 31, 33.2, 37 and 43 MeV, seem to show observable interference effects.     

Lifetime measurements in 22Ne, 28Si and 31P relevant to the interpretation of the Z2 variation in low velocity DSAM results

Accurate lifetimes have been measured for low-lying levels in ²²Ne, ²⁸Si and ³¹P by bombarding ⁴He implanted targets with beams of ¹⁹F and ²⁸Si ions. Mean lifetimes determined by fitting Doppler-broadened γ-ray lineshapes were $\text{(E}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>x</mtext>}}\text{in MeV}\text{, τ}\text{in ps}\text{):}{}^{22}\text{Ne}\text{(1.275, 5.15 ± 0.31; 3.357, 0.324 ± 0.009),}{}^{28}\text{Si}\text{(1.779, 0.667 ± 0.035),}{}^{31}\text{P}\text{(1.266, 0.70 ± 0.07; 2.234, 0.363 ± 0.024}$). The lifetime values for the 3.357 MeV level in ²²Ne and the 2.234 MeV level in ³¹P are used to calibrate low velocity DSAM lifetime data for these two levels and to obtain scaling factors to theoretical electronic stopping powers for Ne and P ions.     

Level structure of 48Sc from the 48Ca(p,nγ) reaction

Levels of ⁴⁸Sc up to 3.33 MeV excitation were studied by the reaction ⁴⁸Ca(p,nγ)⁴⁸Sc employing a variety of experimental techniques. A level scheme of ⁴⁸Sc comprising 29 excited states and 54 transitions were determined from the measurements of γ-γ coincidences and γ-ray excitation functions. Within the framework of the statistical compound nucleus model spins and parities of the ⁴⁸Sc levels were assigned from the angular distributions and linear polarizations of the de-excitation γ-rays as well as the excitation functions of the residual levels. From the present experimental results and other available data we tentatively identified some of the levels of the ($\text{1}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^9$, $\text{1}\text{d}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{)}$, ($\text{1}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^9\text{, 2}\text{s}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$), ($\text{1}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^7\text{, 2}\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$) and ($\text{1}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^7\text{, 1}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>5</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$) configurations in addition to the well-known ($\text{π}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{, v}\text{f}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>7</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}$) multiplet.