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N=90 region: The decays of 152m,gEu to 152Sm

W. D. Kulp, J. L. Wood, J. M. Allmond, J. Eimer, D. Furse, K. S. Krane, R. -M. Larimer, J. Loats, E. B. Norman, A. Piechaczek, P. Schmelzenbach, C. J. Stapels

nucl-exarXiv:nucl-ex/0607025

Abstract

The decays of 152m,gEu to 152Sm have been studied by gamma-ray spectroscopy using the 8pi Spectrometer, an array of 20 Compton-suppressed Ge detectors. Very weak gamma-decay branches in 152Sm were investigated through gamma-gamma coincidence spectroscopy. All possible E2 transitions between states below 1550 keV with transition energies > 130 keV are observed, including the previously unobserved 2+3 to 0+2 401 keV transition. The results, combined with existing lifetime data, provide a number of new or revised E2 transition strengths which are critical for clarifying the collective structure of 152Sm and the N=90 isotones.

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