Abstract
The reaction has been studied over the range of bombarding energies from 1.00 to 1.70 MeV. In addition to the well-known resonances at 1.53 and 1.62 MeV, two new resonances have been found at -particle energies of 1.140±0.005 MeV and 1.395±0.005 MeV, corresponding to excited states in at energies of 5.290 and 5.490 MeV, respectively. The branching ratio for the decay of the 5.29-MeV state was determined as 5.290 → 2.524 [(87±3)%] and 5.290 → 0.937 [(13±3)%]. The quantity for the total electromagnetic decay of each of these four resonances was determined as 0.084±0.004 eV (1.140 MeV), 0.027±0.003 eV (1.395 MeV), 4.80±0.40 eV (1.53 MeV), and 1.35±0.15 eV (1.62 MeV), respectively. On the basis of the observed lack of nonresonant yield from the reaction in this energy region, it is possible to establish an upper limit on the nonresonant factor for this reaction, keV b.
- Received 22 May 1968
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.173.1021
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