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1Department of Physics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Abstract:
Improved precisions of the energies and intensities of the γ rays emitted in the decays of (109)Pd and (111g,m)Pd have been obtained based on a high-resolution spectroscopic study of these γ emissions from radioactive samples produced by neutron capture by natural Pd. Correspondingly improved values of the energies and β feedings of the levels in the (109,)(111)Ag daughters have been deduced. More precise energies and intensities have also been determined for the γ rays emitted in the decays of the (111)Pd daughter activities (111g,m)Ag to (111)Cd.
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