Nuclear structure effect in internal conversion of the 166 kev hinderedM1 transition in139La

The internal conversion coefficients were calculated for the 165.853 keV 5/2⁺7/2⁺ hindered transition in₅₇¹³⁹La using the new computer program NICC for conversion coefficients of all atomic shells. The algorithm employed in this code is described. The analysis of precise experimental data yielded the nuclear penetration parameter=4.2±0.8. This value was found to be in accord with theoretical estimates and to correspond to the Nilsson deformation parameter=–0.056±0004 of the¹³⁹La nucleus. Using the Nilsson wave functions for above the mixing ratio² = N(E2)/N(M1) was determined to be less than 8.10^–5, which supports the assumption of a pureM1 multipolarity of this transition.Presented at the 26th All-Union Conference on Nuclear Spectroscopy and Nuclear Structure (February 1976, Baku, USSR).We are obliged to Dr. B. N.Subba Rao for the communication of his value for the investigated transition.