Neutron pickup on 93Nb

S. Mordechai, H. T. Fortune, W. J. Courtney

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Abstract

The reaction 93Nb(3He, α)92Nb has been investigated with a 19.5 MeV 3He beam. Fortyfive levels of 92Nb were identified up to 4.36 MeV excitation energy. Angular distributions were measured and compared with DWBA calculations. A previously unreported set of states arising from ln = 4 pickup was observed in the excitation energy range 2.75-3.75 MeV. Fourteen additional lower levels in 92Nb were identified to proceed with l = 4 and l = 2 + 4 neutron pickup, of which eleven were unassigned previously. The sextuplet of levels of the 92Nb ground-state configuration [π(1g 9 2)v(2d 5 2)]jπ = 2+ → 7+ have angular distributions characteristic of l = 2 neutron pickup. Extracted spectroscopic factors are compared with previous neutron pickup results. The sum-rule analysis shows that most of the g 9 2. pickup strength has been observed in the present experiment and its centroid energy is at 3.11 MeV excitation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109-118
Number of pages10
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume287
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Aug 1977
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Nuclear reactions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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