Coulomb excitation of levels inMo95andMo97

The properties of the low-lying levels of ${}_{}{}^{95}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$ and ${}_{}{}^{97}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$ have been investigated via Coulomb excitation which was effected by bombarding isotopically enriched thick targets with 6.0 to 10.0 MeV $\alpha$ particles and 43.4 MeV ${}_{}{}^{16}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{O}$ ions. Sixteen transitions in ${}_{}{}^{95}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$ and twenty three transitions in ${}_{}{}^{97}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$ were observed resulting from direct $E2\mathrm{}$ excitation of eight excited states up to an excitation energy of 1073.7 keV in ${}_{}{}^{95}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$, and of thirteen excited states up to an excitation energy of 1515.5 keV in ${}_{}{}^{97}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$. Angular distribution measurements were carried out for several transitions in both nuclei to aid in the assignment of spins and to yield the $E2\mathrm{}$ and $M1\mathrm{}$ contents in these transitions. The level structure of ${}_{}{}^{95}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$ and ${}_{}{}^{97}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Mo}$ and the measured $E2\mathrm{}$ and $M1\mathrm{}$ transition rates are compared with the predictions available for these nuclei.