Properties of low-lying levels of 45Sc

The structure and properties of45Sc at low excitation energies

“…The application of the Hauser-Feshbach (HF) theory to the 45Sc(p,p'7) reaction at incident proton energies of about 5 MeV has been discussed in detail by Rust et al [3]. In the present work differential and total cross-sections determined from proton and gamma ray yields were compared to HF predictions in an attempt to gain more information about the spins of ~5Sc levels.…”

“…The analysis was done using the techniques described in Ref. 3. By comparing experimental and HF crosssections the spins shown in Table 3 were deduced.…”

“…Relevant information extracted from the present experimental work was used in theoretical calculations based on the Thankappen-True version [4,5] of the excited core model. These model predictions represent a considerable improvement on the work of McCullen et al [6], Malik and Scholtz [7] and Rust et al [3]. The experimental determination of the 45Sc level structure and gamma ray branching ratios is described in Sect.2 while DSAM and recoil distance lifetime measurements as well as electromagnetic transition probabilities via Coulomb excitation are discussed in Sect.…”

“…In the present study the level structure, decay properties, spins and parities of levels up to 2,352 keV were investigated in an extension of the work reported by Rust et al [3]. Relevant information extracted from the present experimental work was used in theoretical calculations based on the Thankappen-True version [4,5] of the excited core model.…”

Nuclear levels in43Sc at low excitation energies

“…A more detailed description of the DSAM is given by Rust et al [16]. A 10% error in both nuclear and electronic stopping power was assumed in all calculations.…”