Nuclear resonance fluorescence in124Te and126Te: Vacancy cascades in molecules

Using gaseous sources of I₂ and HI containing the radioactive isotopes¹²⁴I and¹²⁶I effective cross sections for nuclear resonance scattering from the first 2⁺ states of¹²⁴Te and¹²⁶Te were measured. Information is obtained about the charging of the nonradioactive molecular partner afterEC decay, the interaction of highly charged ions with neutral molecules, and the slowing down of atoms in a Xe buffer gas. Indications of an iodine complex being stable in the gaseous phase are found.