https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202532901005
The Nuclear Structure of 74Ge from Inelastic Neutron Scattering
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
2 Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, USA
3 The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
4 Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
* e-mail: fe.peters@uky.edu
Published online: 25 June 2025
The low-lying structure of 74Ge has been studied with γ-ray detection following inelastic neutron scattering. From excitation function and angular distribution data, the levels and transitions have been characterized including level spins and lifetimes, branching ratios, and multipole mixing ratios. In addition, a number of levels found in the literature for 74Ge appear to be erroneously placed. Upon removal of these states from the level scheme, excellent agreement with large-scale shell-model calculations was obtained.
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