Study of the Level Structure ofN=82Nuclei via Proton-Transfer Reactions

Abstract
Measurements of the angular distributions of the (He3,d) and (d,He3) reactions on the stable, even-mass N=82 isotones are presented and discussed. In each of the residual nuclei formed in these reactions, I135, Cs137, La139, Pr141, Pm143, and Eu145, the lowest two levels are populated with significant strength, one by lp=4 transfer and one by lp=2 transfer. Analysis indicates that these states result from coupling a 1g72 or 2d52 proton (or proton hole) to the respective Jπ=0+ target ground states. The relative energies of these states change as a function of mass, the 52+ state lying 590 keV above the 72+ state in I135, and 330 keV below the 72+ state in Eu145. Spectroscopic factors extracted from the data with distorted-wave Born-approximation analysis indicate that the active particles in the target ground states predominantly occupy the 1g72 and 2d52 orbits, with the ratio of 1g72 protons to 2d52 protons varying from 3.5/0.5 for