Abstract

The γ-ray energies and intensities of the high-energy ( E γ >4.7 MeV) γ-rays emitted from neutron capture in tantalum for nuetron energies less than 350 eV are measured with a Ge(Li) detector. The distribution of γ-ray intensities over seven capturing states is consistent with a χ 2 distribution with one degree of freedom and the γ-ray transitions are uncorrelated with each other. The limitations of the values of the spins and parities of the final states populated by primary γ-ray transitions from the capturing states are inconsistent with previous spin assignments.

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