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Lifetime measurements of low-spin negative-parity levels in 160 Gd

Authors

S. R. Lesher, C. Casarella, A. Aprahamian, L. M. Robledo, B. P. Crider, R. Ikeyama, I. R. Marsh, M. T. McEllistrem, E. E. Peters, F. M. Prados-Estévez, M. K. Smith, Z. R. Tully, J. R. Vanhoy, and S. W. Yates

Journal Paper

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.064309

Publisher URL

https://journals.aps.org/prc/

Publication date

June 2017

160Gd(n,n′γ) experiments were performed with accelerator-produced monoenergetic neutrons. Excitation functions at neutron energies from 1.5 to 2.8 MeV aided in the placement of γ rays in the level scheme and angular distributions at three neutron energies resulted in the determination of 28 excited-level lifetimes or limits in 160Gd, including the lifetimes of several negative-parity levels attributed to octupole vibrations.