Determination of weak transition intensities in {sup 144}Nd
- and others
We have conducted an experiment to determine the intensities of weak transitions in {sup 144}Nd following the EC-decay of {sup 144}Pm were counted in a 20% HPGe detector with a resolution of 4-keV at 1332-keV. To minimize the effects of coincidence summing and pile-up in the region around 1400-keV an absorber of 3.8 cm of lead was placed between the source and the detector. The absolute intensity (per 100 decays of the parent) of the 1397-keV, 5{sub 1}{sup -} {r_arrow}2{sub 1}{sup +} transition, which is important in the interpretation of the 2093-keV 5{sup -} level as a quadrupole-octupole coupled state, has been measured to be (4.6{plus_minus}0.7) x 10{sup -4}%. Also, the intensity of the 1413-keV transition from the 2110-keV (4{sup +}) level has been measured as (4.3{plus_minus}0.1) x 10{sup -3%} and a limit of <3 x 10{sup -4%} has been placed on the 1508-keV transition from the 2205-keV level. The significance of these results, and ongoing lifetime measurements, will be discussed in terms of quadrupole-octupole coupling.
- OSTI ID:
- 255520
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510116-; ISSN 0003-0503; TRN: 96:015828
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 40, Issue 10; Conference: Fall meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society, Bloomington, IN (United States), 25-28 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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