Photon scattering experiments on the quasistable, odd-odd mass nucleus Lu176

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Mar 2007

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Physical Review C, vol. 75, Issue 3, id. 034301

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Photon Absorption And Scattering, Collective Levels, Gamma Transitions And Level Energies, 90<=A<=149

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The quasistable odd-odd-mass nucleus Lu176 is of special interest in nuclear structure physics and, above all, in nuclear astrophysics. Systematic photon scattering experiments have been performed at the bremsstrahlung facility of the 4.3-MV Stuttgart Dynamitron accelerator with bremsstrahlung end-point energies of 2.3 and 3.1 MeV to determine the low-energy dipole strength distribution in the s-only isotope Lu176. The main goal was to pin down possible intermediate states (IS) for the photoactivation of the short-lived 123-keV isomer, which is the key process determining the effective lifetime of Lu176 in a stellar photon bath and hence for the use of this isotope as a stellar chronometer. Using an enriched sample, 29 transitions ascribed to Lu176 were detected below 2.9-MeV excitation energy. The corresponding excitation strengths were determined. For the previously proposed lowest IS at 839 keV, an upper limit for the excitation strength corresponding to a lifetime of τ⩾ 1.5 ps can be given. Astrophysical consequences, also in view of new Stuttgart photoactivation experiments, are discussed. The fragmentation of the dipole strength is compared to those in neighboring even-even and odd-even nuclei.

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