Identification of Yrast High-K Isomers in  177 Lu and Characterisation of  177m Lu

Dracoulis, George; Kondev, Filip G; Lane, Gregory; Byrne, Aidan; Kibedi, Tibor; Ahmad, I.; Carpenter, M P; Freeman, S J; Janssens, R V F; Hammond, N.J.; Lauritsen, T; Lister, C J; Mukherjee, G; Seweryniak, D; Chowdhury, P; Tandel, S K; Gramer, R.

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Identification of Yrast High-K Isomers in 177 Lu and Characterisation of 177m Lu

Date

2004

Authors

Dracoulis, George

Kondev, Filip G

Lane, Gregory

Byrne, Aidan

Kibedi, Tibor

Ahmad, I.

Carpenter, M P

Freeman, S J

Janssens, R V F

Hammond, N.J.

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Long-lived high-K states have been identified in 177Lu, including an isomer with τ>10 μs, placed at 3530 keV and associated with the yrast Kπ=39/2-, 5-quasiparticle state predicted in multi-quasiparticle-state calculations. The γ-decay of the isomer e