Abstract
The new isotope has been produced by fast-neutron irradiation of osmium and by the () reaction on tungsten. The rhenium was separated chemically from the target material. Beta-ray, gamma-ray, and internal conversion spectra have been measured. The mass assignment is confirmed by the observation of eleven electromagnetic transitions in the daughter, including the 30.8-keV isomeric transition (6h), all of which were known from the decay of . Rhenium-189 has a half-life of 23.4±1.0 h and emits beta-ray groups with end-point energies 1000, 780, and 725 keV, and probably others. Results of coincidence measurements lead to some new information about the level scheme of . The effects of the expected rotation-particle coupling between low-lying and bands in are discussed.
- Received 3 April 1963
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.132.1681
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