High-spin states in the actinides have been studied using Coulomb-excitation, inelastic excitation reactions, and one-neutron transfer reactions. Experimental data are presented for states in 232U, 233U 7 -234U 7 235U, 2 3 8 P~ and 2 3 9 P~ from a variety of reactions. Energy levels, moments-of-inertia, aligned angular momentum, Routhians, gamma-ray intensities, and cross-sections are presented MI for most cases. Additional spectroscopic information (magnetic moments, mixing ratios, and g-factors) is presented for 233U. One-and two-neutron transfer reaction mechanisms and the possibility of band crossings (backbending) are discussed. A discussion of odd-A band fitting and Cranking calculations is presented to aid in the interpretation of rotational energy levels and alignment. In addition, several theoretical calculations of rotational populations for inelastic excitation and neutron transfer are compared to the data. Intratheory comparisons between the Sudden Approximation, Semi-Classical, and Alder-Winther-DeBoer methods are made. In connection with the theory development, the possible signature for the nuclear SQUID effect is discussed.
DedicationThis thesis would have been impossible without the support of the following people:(1) To all those many people I've had the fortune of interacting with during my learningexperiences while performing this and related work-too many to acknowledge individually, but certainly not forgotten.(2) To Dr. Richard A. Meyer who welcomed me to my first job in Nuclear Chemistry, pointed me in the right direction at Berkeley, and whom I consider a good friend.(3) To my brother, Dale, who first provoked in me the curiousity of a scientist; to my new sister-in-law, Janice, whose only connection with this thesis was a concern that I not recite it at her wedding; and to my parents, Lyn and Dorothy, who, though it is probably still somewhat of a mystery to them, nevertheless gave me the support and encouragement to "do whatever it is I do".(4) And lastly, to Dr. John Rasmussen, whom it has been an honor to work for during my graduate studies. His patience, kindness, creativity, and guidance have been generous during my stay at LBL, and I am eternally in his debt.
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