The decay of153Tb oriented in a gadolinium host

Nuclear orientation of147Tb (T 1/2=1·7 h),149Tb (T 1/2=4·15 h) and151Tb (T 1/2=17·7 h) in a gadolinium host

On the magnetic dipole moment of the153Tb ground state

Temperature dependence of the angular distribution anisotropy of the 212·0 keV gamma-ray following the decay of153Tb oriented in a gadolinium host was measured at temperatures from 16 to 70 mK. Magnetic dipole hyperfine splitting parameter a0 for153Tb(Gd) and magnetic dipole moment of the153Tb ground state were estimated to be ¦a0¦≧1·2×10−5 eV and ¦μ¦≧≧3·1 nuclear magnetons, respectively.

Medium-spin levels and the character of the 20.4 ns isomer in 145Gd

Abstract Levels of the N = 81 nucleus 145Gd have been investigated by in-beam γ-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy with the 144Sm(3He, 2n) reaction. Fourteen new low- and medium-spin states between 1.0 and 2.4 MeV excitation, the known yrast levels up to spin 21 2 + , five other high-spin non-yrast states and a new 20.4 ns 13 2 isomer at 2200.2 keV in 145Gd have been observed. The isomer decays via a fast 927.3 keV E3 transition with B(E3) = 48 ± 7 W.u. Another weaker decay branch is a mixed, strongly hindered E1 + M2 + E3 transition to the v h −1 11 2 state. We propose an octupole v f 7 2 j −2 × 3 − main configuration for the isomer, analogous to the 997 keV 13 2 + isomer in 147Gd. T…

Medium-spin levels in the N=83 nucleus147Gd

Levels of theN=83 nucleus147Gd have been investigated by methods of in-beamγ-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy using the147Sm(3He, 3n) and144Sm(α, n) reactions. Sixteen new low- and medium-spin levels have been observed in147Gd. We have located six members of thevf7/2×3− particle-octupole septuplet and several neutron single-particle states in147Gd. The levels of147Gd are discussed on the basis of the spherical shell model.