Abstract
Isotopically enriched Pd foils were bombarded with protons to determine the origin of the 1.2-hr activity which was previously discovered in an even- Ag isotope. The only appropriate activity was found in which was observed to have a (69±3)-min predominantly -capture activity with intense rays of 550, 764, and 920 kev. Using the atomic beam magnetic resonance method it was verified that the 69-min activity has . The resonance in , when counted in an x-ray detector, was found to decay with a 69-min half-life with a small admixture of a 27-min component. When viewed in a counter, only the 27-min component is observed. These characteristics of the resonance can be explained by placing the level above the level with an appreciable amount of isomeric transition. This interpretation is supported by the observation of feeding in the 920-kev ray which only occurs in the decay of the state.
Further work with isotopically-enriched Pd foils showed rays of 120 and 150 kev, and, tentatively, 260 kev which have been assigned to the decay of 59-min . A positive identification of a (15±2)-min activity in has been made.
- Received 22 January 1960
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.118.1599
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