NEW LEVELS AND TRANSITIONS IN 72Ge OBSERVED IN THE 72As(β++EC)72Ge DECAY

Abstract

The decay of 72 As has been investigated by means of γ-ray spectroscopy. The 72 As nuclei were produced through the 72 Ge (p, n)72 As reaction. The Compton-suppressed spectrometer and high-purity Ge detectors have been used in singles and in coincidence modes respectively to study γ-rays in the β++ EC decay of 72 As to 72 Ge . 79 γ-rays, among which 3 were observed for the first time, were reported. A decay scheme of 72 As including 1 new level is proposed that accommodates 77 of these transitions. Tentative spin and parity assignments are suggested for a number of levels according to the log ft values and γ-branching ratios.