Observation of bound and unbound 1− states in 208Pb by particle spectroscopy

Abstract

Using the Q3D magnetic spectrograph of the Maier-Leibnitz-Labaratorium at Garching (Germany), experiments on the 208Pb(d,d'), the 207Pb(d,p), the resonant and the non-resonant 208Pb(p,p') reactions were performed. The 208Pb(p,p') reaction was investigated near all seven known isobaric analog resonances in 209Bi. The excitation energies of about 300 states in 208Pb at Ex < 8MeV were determined with an accuracy of about 100 eV. The mean distance between states in 208Pb is about 10keV up to the neutron threshold (S(n) = 7368 keV). The number of 1− states observed by particle spectroscopy up to the proton threshold (S(p) = 8.00 MeV) is close to the number predicted by the schematic shell model without residual interaction. The structure of several 1− states is deduced from particle spectroscopy. Four out of the seven lowest 1− states contain about 80% strength of a single configuration.