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Title: Production of the (I = 19/2) high-spin isomer {sup 135}Cs in photonuclear reactions

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation)
  2. Moscow State University (Russian Federation)

The yields of {sup 135}Cs nuclei in a high-spin (19/2) isomeric state and of nuclei neighboring it were measured for photonuclear reactions of the ({gamma}, f) and ({gamma}, {alpha}) types. The experiments in question were performed by using bremsstrahlung from a microtron at the maximum electron energy of 25 MeV. The product nuclei were identified by their half-lives and by the lines of gamma radiation emitted in their decay, and the reaction yields R were determined by the ratios of the intensities of these lines to the bremsstrahlung flux. The cross sections for isomer production were calculated, and the angular momenta of product nuclei immediately before the cascade of gamma transitions populating the ground or an isomeric nuclear state were evaluated on the basis of these results. An enhanced yield of the high-spin isomer of {sup 135}Cs in the fission reaction in relation to the respective ({gamma}, {alpha}) reaction and in relation to the results of the calculations is found.

OSTI ID:
21426678
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 73, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063778810090012; Copyright (c) 2010 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-7788
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English