Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Parity of Bound J-1 levels in /sup 208/Pb

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

The parities of four bound J = 1 levels in /sup 208/Pb that are strongly excited by ..gamma.. rays were determined by observing the elastic scattering of plane-polarized photons. The levels at 5.51, 7.06, 7.08, and 7.33 MeV are excited by electric dipole radiation, and therefore have negative parity. The 1/sup -/ assignment for the 7.06-MeV level is of particular significance because this level had previously been thought to contain about 36% of the M1 strength in /sup 208/Pb.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
OSTI ID:
6320731
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 42:4; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English