Inelastic deuteron scattering from the high-spin isomerHfm2178(16+)

Abstract
In inelastic scattering of 22 MeV deuterons from an isotope-separated target of Hf178 containing about 2×1013 nuclei in the isomeric 16+ state we observed rotational excitation to the 17+ state at an excitation energy with respect to the isomeric state of 356.5±0.4 keV and weak evidence for the 18+ state at 737±2 keV. We compared the differential cross sections with coupled-channel calculations and with scattering from Hf178 (0+) and Hf177 (7/2−). © 1996 The American Physical Society.