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Crystal ball studies of giant resonance gamma decay

Conference · · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5507958
We have carried out coincidence experiments to investigate the photon and neutron emission from the giant resonance region in /sup 208/Pb and /sup 90/Zr using the ORNL Spin Spectrometer, a 72-segment NaI detector system. States in /sup 208/Pb and /sup 90/Zr were excited by inelastic scattering of 380-MeV /sup 17/O. We have determined the total gamma-decay probability, the ground-state gamma branching ratio, and the branching ratios to a number of low-lying stats as a function of excitation energy in /sup 208/Pb to approx.15 MeV. Especially interesting observations include the absence of a significant branch from the giant quadrupole resonance to the 3/sup -/ state at 2.6 MeV, a strong branch from this resonance to a 3/sup -/ state at 4.9 MeV, and the dominance of decays to various 1/sup -/ states at 5--7 MeV from the region around 14 MeV of excitation (E0 resonances). Comparable but less complete data were also obtained on /sup 90/Zr.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5507958
Report Number(s):
CONF-840906-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 125:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English