Studies of single neutron holes in the transitional nuclei N = 83–89:: The 150, 148Nd(d,t) and 150, 148, 146Nd(3He, α) pick-up reactions

The level structures of the ^{145, 147, 149}Nd nuclei up to about 5 MeV excitation energy have been investigated with the (³He, α) reaction at 24 MeV. Additional 17 MeV (d, t) data have been obtained for ^{147, 149}Nd. The angular distributions have been analyzed with standard DWBA calculations, and spectroscopic factors have been deduced. Two groups of states carrying h_{$\text{11}\text{2}$} single-particle strength may be associated with the $\text{9}\text{2}$^? 514] and $\text{11}\text{2}$^? 505] Nilsson orbitals. A considerable amount of high-l single-particle strength may be found in the continuum observed in the (³He, α) spectra above 3 MeV in all the nuclei.