Decay of Zinc-62

Abstract

The excited levels of ${\mathrm{Cu}}^{62}$ have been investigated by studying the radiations from the decay of ${\mathrm{Zn}}^{62}$ with scintillation spectrometers. Gamma rays of 0.042-, 0.25-, 0.26-, 0.40-, 0.51-, and 0.59-Mev energy have been resolved and have been fitted into a consistent scheme of levels at 0.042, 0.30, 0.55, 0.63, and 0.70 Mev in ${\mathrm{Cu}}^{62}$. Some information on the spins of these levels has been obtained by gamma-gamma directional correlation measurements.