Half-Life of the 37.1 keV level in121Sb

The half-life of the first excited state at 37.1 keV in¹²¹Sb has been measured using the technique of delayed coincidences with a time to amplitude converter. Scintillators with fast timing properties have been used in various combinations. From 17 independent measurements a result for the half-life ofT _1/2=(3.46±0.03) ns has been obtained and this is compared with previously published values.     

Half-life of the 23.87 keV level in119Sn

Measurements of the half-life of the 23.87 keV level in¹¹⁹Sn have been performed by delayed coincidence technique. Two different types of sources have been used in experiments with various detector combinations. A very pure source was made by implanting^119m Sn in a plastic scintillator by an isotope separator. This source could simultaneously be used as source and detector. The other source was made by simple drying of a drop of solution. The mean value of the half-life of the 23.87 keV level from 21 measurements is found to beT _1/2=(18.03±0.07) ns.     

The half-life of the 344 keV level in105Pd

By delayed coincidence techniques, the half-life of the 344 keV level in¹⁰⁵Pd, populated by the decay of¹⁰⁵Ag, was measured:T _1/2=(1.01±0.05) · 10^?9s. A comparison of this value with the prediction of the single-particle model shows good agreement for the 344 keVE2 transition.     

Messung der Lebensdauer angeregter Kernniveaus von Gd155

Using two different experimental arrangements, the halflife of the following excited nuclear states in Gd¹⁵⁵ have been measured by the method of delayed coincidences: 60.0 keV-level:T _1/2=(2.4±0.6) · 10^?10 sec, 86.5 keV-level:T _1/2=(6.35±0.09) · 10^?9 sec, 105.3 keV-level:T _1/2=(1.14±0.03) · 10^?9 sec. These results are discussed and compared with the predictions of the collective model.     

Properties of the 635.4 keV level in171Tm

The properties of some high excited states of¹⁷¹Tm have been studied using Ge(Li) detectors. The directional angular correlation measurements for 277.4-210.5 keV cascade are in agreement with the spins of the 635.4 keV© and 912.8 keV(5/2) levels. The magnetic momentμ=(1.15±0.21)μ _N of the 635.4 keV level was determined by integral perturbed angular correlation (IPAC) in external magnetic field.     

Messung der Lebensdauer angeregter Kernniveaus von Al28, Cs133, Pr141, W182 und Pt195

The halflife of excited states in some nuclei has been measured by the method of delayed coincidences. Two different experimental arrangements have been used: a conventional scintillation counter equipment and a fast gasfilled parallelplate avalanche-counter. The results of these measurements are: 31 keV-level in Al²⁸:T _1/2=(1.91±0.08) · 10^?9 sec, 81 keV-level in Cs¹³³:T _1/2=(6.25±0.05) · 10^?9 sec, 145 keV-level in Pr¹⁴¹:T _1/2=(1.85±0.03) · 10^?9 sec, 100keV-level in W¹⁸²:T _1/2=(1.45±0.04) · 10^?9 sec, 1290 keV-level in W¹⁸² T _1/2=(1.05±0.03) · 10^?9 sec, 99 keV-level in Pt¹⁹⁵:T _1/2≦1.6 · 10^?10 sec, 129 keV-level in Pt¹⁹⁵:T _1/2=(6.2±0.7) · 10^?10 sec. These experimental values are discussed and compared with theoretical model predictions.     

Decay of the first excited state at 13.3 keV in73Ge

Singles and coincidence measurements of the 13.3 keV transition of⁷³Ge are reported. The total andK conversion coefficients of this gamma-ray and the half-life of this level have been determined. The results are: α _T =1095±55; α _K =312±30;T _1/2=2.98±0.05 μs.     

Winkelkorrelations- und Lebensdauer-Messungen am59Co

γγ angular correlations and delayed β-γ coincidences have been measured in the decay of⁵⁹Fe to⁵⁹Co.M1 andE2 transition probabilities were determined for the 143, 192, and 335 keV transition by measuring the 192–1099 keV, 335–1099 keV and 143–1292 keV correlations, and the half lives of the 1292 and 1434 keV levels. Theg-factor of the 1292 keV state was derived to beg=+1.09 ± 0.08 from the perturbation of the 143–1292 keV γγ angular correlation in ferromagnetic⁵⁹CoFe and⁵⁹CoNi samples. The results are discussed in terms of the weak coupling model.     

Investigation of the decay rate for71Ge in chemical compounds and calibration of the Mössbauer isomer shift of the 67 keV γ-transition of73Ge

Changes of the radioactive decay rate of⁷¹Ge (T _1/2=11.43 days) have been studied experimentally for⁷¹Ge in some compounds of bivalent and quadrivalent germanium. Relative changes Δλ/λ of the electron capture probability have been measured, and the chemical changes Δρ(0) of the electron density at the germanium nuclei have been determined from these measurements. Values for the Mössbauer isomer shift calibration constants for the 67 keV γ-transition of⁷³Ge have been estimated:C=δ/Δρ(0)=(0.061±0.020) mm·s^?1/a.u., Δ〈r ²〉=(21±7)·10^?3 fm², ΔR/R=(6.9±2.3)·10^?4.     

Der Zerfall des125m Xe,des127m Xe und des127g Xe

The decay of^125m Xe produced by the reaction¹²²Te(α, n)^125m Xe using a target enriched in¹²²Te (95.4%) and the decay of^127m Xe produced by the reaction¹²⁷J(d, 2n)^127m Xe have been investigated: ^125m Xe decays with a half-life ofT _1/2=(56±3) sec by ayy- cascade withE _γ1=(140.4 ±0.5) keV andE _γ2=(110.5 ±0.5) keV. The experimental conversion coefficients yield multipolarities ofE3 for the 140.4 keV isomeric transition and predominantlyM1 for the 110.5 keV-transition. ^127m Xe decays with a half-life ofT _1/2=(71±2) sec. The decay also proceeds by aγγ-cascade with an isomeric E3 transition ofE _γ1=(172.5±0.3) keV and a predominantlyM1 transition ofE _γ2=(124.6±0.3) keV. In the decay of^127g Xe an additional branching of the electron capture to a level at (618.1±0.3) keV was observed. The relative probability forK-captureP _K618/P_K375=0.40 ±0.07 yields a total transition energyQ _EC=(664 ±4)keV. A spin of 1/2⁺ was assigned to the ground state.     

The charge radii of198Pt-183Pt

The reactions⁵⁸Ni+¹⁰²Pd→¹⁶⁰W and⁵⁸Ni+¹⁰⁶Cd→¹⁶⁴Os were investigated to search for new decay data of neutron deficient nuclei. Excitation energies of the compound nuclei covered a range from 47 to 89 MeV. Velocity separation of the evaporation residues and position time correlations with the a decays of the implanted nuclei were used. The following new decay data were measured:¹⁶²Os (E_α=(6611 ±30) keV, T_1/2=(1.9±0.7) ms);¹⁵⁸W (T_1/2=(0.9±0.3) ms);¹⁵⁸m_W (E=1.88 MeV, E_α=(8280±30) keV, T_1/2=(0.01-1) ms);^155mLu (E_α=(5575±10) keV); β decay of¹⁵⁶Ta (T_1/2 > 10 ms) to the 8⁺ yrast isomer in¹⁵⁶Hf. A cross section of 5μb was measured for the new isotope¹⁵⁶Ta produced in a p3n evaporation channel from¹⁶⁰W at 64 MeV excitation energy.     

Low-lying states in112In

Low-lying states below 500 keV excitation in¹¹²In have been investigated via the¹¹²Cd(p, nγ) reaction. New levels have been established atE ^x=206.5keV and 456.1 keV from the measuredγ-ray excitation functions,γ?γ coincidences and the precision measurements of the (p, n) threshold energy of the ground state and of the 206.5 keV state of¹¹²In. Spins and parities of the 206.5 keV state (2⁺) and the 456.1 keV state (3⁺) and multipolarities and mixing ratios of the deexcitationγ-rays have been determined from the angular distributions and linear polarizations of the deexcitation γ-rays as well as the excitation functions of the residual levels. Possible configurations of the newly-found levels are discussed. Half-lives of two states have been remeasured:T _1/2=15.2±0.1 min for the ground state andT _1/2=20.9±0.1 min for the 156.4 keV (4⁺) state. The ground stateQ-value for the¹¹²Cd(p, n)¹¹² In reaction has been measured to be ?3.376±0.006 MeV.     

Half-life measurements of the 86.6 keV level in233Pa and 59.6 keV level in237Np

The half-lives of the 86.6 keV level in²³³Pa and the 59.6 keV level in²³⁷Np have been measured. A silicon surface barrier alpha detector and a NaI(Tl) gammadetector were used. The decay time spectrum of alpha-gamma coincidences obtained from a start-stop type of time-to-pulse height converter was recorded on a 2048-channel analyser. Analysis of the data gave the following half-life values: $$\begin{gathered} T_{\frac{1}{2}} :^{233} Pa (86.6 keV level) = (37.4 \pm 0.4) ns \hfill \\ T_{\frac{1}{2}} :^{237} Np (59.6 keV level) = (66.7 \pm 0.7) ns \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ . Using the experimental levelT _1/2's, partial gamma-ray half-lives have been calculated for the 86.6- and the 29.6-keV transitions (from the 86.6 keV level) in²³³Pa and the 59.6- and the 26.36-keV transitions (from the 59.6 keV level) in²³⁷Np. The results are compared with the single particle and the Nilsson estimates.     

Properties of excited levels in102Rh by the102Ru(p,nγ) reaction

The level scheme of¹⁰²Rh has been investigated by the¹⁰²Ru(p, nγ) reaction in the proton energy range 3.1 MeV≦E _p≦6 MeV. Excitation functions,γ-γ coincidences and pulsed beam measurements have been performed and a level scheme including 33 excited states up toE _x≈650 keV has been constructed. Theγ-branchings of several levels have also been measured. The lifetimes of 5 excited states have been determined with the centroid-shift method:τ _m(105.2 keV)=(1.3±0.3) ns,τ _m(123.7 keV)=(0.6±0.3) ns,τ _m(178.6 keV)=(1.5±0.3) ns,τ _m(208.7 keV)=(0.5±0.3) ns,τ _m(359.6 keV)=(0.8±0.4) ns. Upper limits have been placed for the lifetimes of 20 other levels.     

Low-lying 134Cs excited states from the (n, γ) reaction

Low-energy γ-ray and conversion electron spectra from the ¹³³Cs(n,γ)¹³⁴Cs reaction have been investigated with a bent cyrstal spectrometer, β-speetrometer, Ge(Li) and Si(Li) detectors. Gamma-gamma coincidence measurements were made with the Ge(Li)-Ge(Li) arrangement. Gamma-gamma delayed coincidences have been studied with the use of the Ge(Li)-NaI(Tl) coincidence set-up. The decay of 2.9 h ^134mCs has been investigated with the prism β-spectrometer and Ge(Li) detector. The half-lives of the 176.403 and 257.112 keV levels have been measured to be 49.7 ± 0.8ns and 12.3 ± 1.1 ns respectively. The neutron binding energy B_n have been calculated to be 6891.4 ± 1.3 keV. Spin and parity assignments have been made for almost all the levels. The possible structure of the levels deduced is discussed.     

Multihadronic decays and partial widths of the J/Ψ (3100) resonance produced in e+e− annihilation at adone

The reactions e⁺e^?→ hadrons and e⁺e⁺e^?→e⁺e^? have been studied at the J/gY (3100) resonance). The relative weights of the topological cross sections for fixed charged multiplicity are σ₂=(32±5)%, σ₄=(49±8)%, σ₆=(18±3)%, and σ₈=(1±0.6)%. The average pion multiplicities are 〈n_ch〉=3.8±0.3 and 〈n_{π^o〉=3.1±0.8}. The decay widths are Γ_e=(4.6±0.8) keV, Γ_h=(59±24) keV, and Γ=(68±26) keV.     

K-conversion coefficient of the 53.3 keV transition and\frac{K}{{L + M}}-ratio of the 13.34 keV transition in73Ge

TheK-conversion coefficient of the 53.3 keV transition in⁷³Ge was measured by coincidence techniques to be αk ₁=7.1 ± 0.6 indicating very good agreement with heory forM2-radiation. The \(\frac{K}{{L + M}}\) -ratio of the 13.34 keV transition to the ground state was determined using the same techniques. The resulting value \(\left( {\frac{K}{{L + M}}} \right)_2 \) =0.36 ± 0.03 supports theE2-character of this radiation and therefore a spin assignment of \(\frac{5}{2}\) for the 13.34 keV level. The measured lifetime of this transition (T _1,2=(2.95 ± 0.05) μsec) corresponds to a factor of 15 greater than the Weisskopf estimation for a pureE2-transition. A short discussion of a possible transfer of the collectivity of the⁷²Ge-nucleus to the⁷³Ge-nucleus is given.     

TheK-conversion coefficient near threshold of the 30 keV isomeric transition in108mAg decay

With calibrated Ge(Li) x-ray detectorsK x rays in the conversion of the 30 keV isomeric transition in the decay of^108mAg were observed in coincidence with 79 keV γ-rays. Thus, the fraction of 30 keV transitions which take place byK conversion was measured to be (2.44±0.23) × 10^?2. Making use of a theoretical total conversion coefficient (K conversion contributes only a minor part of the total conversion coefficient), an experimental value of theK-conversion coefficient was obtained, α_K=(1.07 ± 0.10) × 10⁴ (where the error represents twice the standard deviation to which the error in the detector efficiency has been added linearly). This value agrees with the theory of Hager and Seltzer forM4 conversion. The energy of the cascading γ-ray was remeasured to be 79.20 ± 0.05 keV.     

Lebensdauermessungen am 341,2keV-Zustand und am 404,8 keV-Zustand in131Xe

Lifetime measurements of two excited states in¹³¹Xe populated by the decay of¹³¹I have been carried out. Analysis of data, delivered from a delayed γ-γ-coincidence experiment with a Ge(Li)-Plasticdetector combination, resulted in the following values:T _1/2 of 341.2 keV level in¹³¹Xe: (2.15 ± 0.07) nsT _1/2 of 404.8 keV level in¹³¹Xe: <0.5 ns.     

The lifetime of the 266 keV level in 206Tl

The lifetime of the ²⁰⁶Tl 2^? state at 266 keV has been measured by the delayed coincidence technique. The state was populated via the γ-decay of high-lying states excited in the ²⁰⁵Tl (d, p)²⁰⁶Tl reaction at E_d = 9.0 MeV. Delayed coincidences between a Si surface-barrier detector and a Ge(Li) detector resulted in a mean life for the 266 keV level of τ = 3.3(2) ns. The deduced B(E2) value of 171 (11) e² · fm⁴ indicates strong configuration mixing of two-hole states in this level.