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Nuclear Physics A

Volume 201, Issue 3, 12 February 1973, Pages 486-512
Nuclear Physics A

Nuclear reaction studies of 168Tm

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Abstract

The intrinsic structure of 168Tm has been studied using the (3He, d) and (α, t) proton stripping reactions as well as the (d, t) and (3He, α) neutron pick-up reactions. The beams of 24 MeV 3He particles, 25 MeV α-particles and 12 MeV deuterons were obtained from the McMaster tandem Van de Graaff accelerator. The reaction products were analyzed with an Enge-type magnetic spectrograph and detected with photographic emulsions. The spectra have been interpreted in terms of the coupling of an odd proton and an odd neutron, each moving independently in a spheroidal potential, which gives rise to intrinsic two-quasiparticle states with K = ¦Ω1±Ω2¦. The identification of the intrinsic states was made by comparing the experimental cross-section patterns with those predicted with the aid of Coriolis coupling and distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) calculations. Rotational bands superimposed on the Kπ = 3+ and Kπ = 4+, {72+ [633]n±12+ [411]p} configurations, the first of which is the ground state, ha been observed in the spectra of all four reactions. New assignments have been made for configurations resulting from coupling the 12 [541], 72+ [404], 54+ [402] and 12 [530] p to the 72+ [633] neutron state. The neutron pick-up measurements confirmed the earlier assignments based on (d, t) reaction studies and suggested tentative assignments for the {12+ [400]n±12+ [411]p} and {32+ [402]n±12+ [411]p}

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