Phys.Rev. C 89, 014302 (2014)

M.Guttormsen, L.A.Bernstein, A.Gorgen, B.Jurado, S.Siem, M.Aiche, Q.Ducasse, F.Giacoppo, F.Gunsing, T.W.Hagen, A.C.Larsen, M.Lebois, B.Leniau, T.Renstrom, S.J.Rose, T.G.Tornyi, G.M.Tveten, M.Wiedeking, J.N.Wilson

Scissors resonance in the quasicontinuum of Th, Pa, and U isotopes

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²³²Th(d, d'), (d, p), E=12 MeV; ²³²Th(³He, ³He'), (³He, d), (³He, t), (³He, α), E=24 MeV; ²³⁸U(d, d'), (d, p), (d, t), E=15 MeV; measured Eγ, Iγ, particle spectra, (particle)γ-coin using SiRi particle telescope and CACTUS γ-detector array at Oslo cyclotron facility. ^231,232,233Th, ^232,233Pa, ^237,238,239U; deduced γ strength functions in the quasicontinuum, low-energy M1 scissors resonance (SR), level densities using Oslo method Comparison with previous (γ, γ') experimental results, and with theoretical model calculations.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.014302