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Nuclear spectroscopy of /sup 96/Nb and /sup 94/Nb

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5795569
The nuclear spectroscopy of /sup 96/Nb was studied using the proton pickup (t,..cap alpha..) reaction on isotopically enriched targets of /sup 97/Mo and /sup 95/Mo. The experiments were performed at the tandem Van de Graff facilities of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The ..cap alpha.. particles were momentum analyzed in a quadrupole-dipole-dipole-dipole magnetic spectrometer to determine excitation energies of nuclear states. The experiments were performed at several angles and the resulting angular distributions were compared to distorted wave Born approximation calculations to determine angular momentum transfer values. The 3-member of the ..pi..(p1/2)/sup 1/nu(d5/2)/sup -1/ doublet in /sup 96/Nb has been reassigned at 876 keV. The ten members of the ..pi..(p3/2)/sup -1/ Nu(d 5/2)/sup -1/ and ..pi..(f5/2)/sup -1/nu(d5/2)/sup -1/ multiplets in /sup 96/Nb were identified for the first time. Additionally, several other new states in /sup 96/Nb are reported. Angular momentum transfer values were determined for twenty-six states in /sup 94/Nb. Fifty-four states were observed in /sup 94/Nb up to less than three MeV in excitation energy. Four of these states are previously unreported.
Research Organization:
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee (USA)
OSTI ID:
5795569
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English