Investigation ofγRays followingS- andP-Wave Neutron Capture in Tin Isotopes

Abstract

The energies and intensities of $\gamma$ rays following slow-neutron capture in resonances in isotopes of tin have been studied. The angular distribution of $\gamma$ rays from capture in $P$-wave resonances in ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{118}$, ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{120}$, and ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{124}$ has been measured for several $\gamma$ rays in order to determine the spins and parities of initial and final states in the reaction. The following assignments for the resonances can be made: ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{117}$(38.8 eV, $1^{+}$), ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{118}$(45.8 eV, ${\frac{3}{2}}^{-}$) ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{120}$(426.9 eV, ${\mathrm{½}}^{-}$), and ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{124}$(61.95 eV, ${\mathrm{½}}^{-}$), The spins of eight final states in ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{119}$ are assigned by virtue of the nonisotropic angular distribution for $\gamma$ rays following $P$-wave capture. New data on the energy levels in ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{118}$, ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{121}$, and ${\mathrm{Sn}}^{125}$ are also presented. Results of the present work are compared with the results of ($d, p$) and other charged-particle reaction studies and theoretical calculations on the tin isotopes.