Abstract
The -singles and conversion-electron spectra of were measured with a Ge(Li) diode and the Argonne double toroidal -ray spectrometer, respectively. In the -ray spectra, in addition to the transitions expected from previously known decay schemes, rays of energies 63.8, 131.8, 204.1, and 264.1 keV were observed. Two new groups, (6.765 MeV) and (6.701 MeV), were identified in coincidence with 131.0- and 204.1-keV rays. A two-parameter coincidence experiment showed that the 204.1- and 131.0-keV transitions populate the and members of the favored band. Conversion-electron studies and intensity comparisons demonstrate their character. The half-life of the 370.4-keV level was measured by a delayed coincidence method and found to be 1.3 ± 0.1 μsec. On the basis of these observations and the intensities to these levels, the 370.4- and 434.2-keV levels have been assigned to the and Nilsson states, respectively. A three-parameter -time coincidence experiment indicates that the intensity to the 105.73-keV () level is less than 1%, implying that its 18% population comes primarily via a 0.57-keV transition from the 106.30-keV, , level. The transition probabilities to various bands are in agreement with the values expected from -decay systematics and theoretical calculations. The -, -, -, and -sunshell atomic electron binding energies in Cf (), obtained experimentally by least-squares adjustment from the conversion-line data, show significant deviations below recent (Bearden and Burr) tabulated values.
- Received 18 August 1970
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.3.390
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