Low-spin excitations of 202Hg and 204Hg from inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy

R. A. Gatenby; E. W. Kleppinger; S. W. Yates

doi:10.1016/0375-9474(89)90508-3

Low-spin excitations of ²⁰²Hg and ²⁰⁴Hg from inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy

R. A. Gatenby, E. W. Kleppinger, S. W. Yates

Chemistry

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Abstract

The heaviest stable mercury isotopes, ²⁰²Hg and ²⁰⁴Hg, have been studied with the (n, n'γ) reaction. Gamma-ray excitation functions with incident neutron energies up to 3 MeV permitted the placement of many new levels in these nuclei, while γ-ray angular distribution measurements have been used to deduce spin assignments. Several ambiguities and discrepancies about the low-lying level structures were resolved. Comparisons with available theoretical calculations indicate that the level structures of these nuclei are more complex than predicted.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-67
Number of pages	23
Journal	Nuclear Physics, Section A
Volume	492
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(89)90508-3
State	Published - Jan 30 1989

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We wish to thank A.F. Barfield, B.R. Barrett, J.M. Hanly, E.D. Kleppinger, W. Nazarewicz, B. Perraut and M. Vergnes for their contributions to this work. The support of the National Science Foundation through Grants PHY-8403278 and PHY-8702369 is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

Nuclear reactions

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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