Analysis of triple gamma coincidences for studies of the level structure of nuclei in the 100-Sn region
Abstract: In this master thesis a thorough analysis of data collected in an experiment performed at the JYFL accelerator laboratory in Finland using a reaction with a 47-Ti beam on a 58-Ni target is presented. The prompt emitted gamma rays from the fusion-evaporation products were detected in the gamma-ray spectrometer JUROGAM II, while the recoils were detected in the GREAT spectrometer. The main aim of this work was to use triple gamma-ray coincidences to find out if it is possible to discover new levels and transitions in proton-rich nuclides such as 103-Sn and 101-In. A recoil triggered gamma-cube of coincident gamma rays was constructed and analyzed with the program levit8r from the Radware software package. From an intensity estimation of the data it was concluded that 102-Ag was the strongest reaction channel and emission of 3-7 particles in the fusion-evaporation reaction was favoured. By analyzing peaks in double-gated spectra of the gamma-cube, three new levels and seven new gamma-ray transitions up to an excitation energy of 8644 keV and an angular momentum of 22 h were proposed as a continuation of rotational band B3 published in a recent article on 102-Ag. From plots of the alignment of the newly proposed transitions no band crossing was observed, just a smooth continuation of the band. The efficiency of the charged particle detector, UoYTube, was deduced to be about 66% for proton detection, while the probability to detect one random proton was about 10%.
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