Nuclear spectroscopy ofNd145

The nuclear spectroscopy of ${}_{}{}^{145}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$ has been studied by means of $\gamma$-ray and charged-particle spectroscopy. Information on ${}_{}{}^{145}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$ levels was obtained via the decay of ${}_{}{}^{145}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Pr}$ and the ${}_{}{}^{144}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}(n, \gamma )$ reaction with thermal neutrons. From the $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy ≈ 20 energy levels were assigned to ${}_{}{}^{145}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$, and 43 $\gamma$ rays could be placed in the decay scheme. The charged-particle spectroscopy of ${}_{}{}^{145}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}$ consisted of the ${}_{}{}^{144}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}(d, p)$ reaction at $E_d=33.3\mathrm{}$ MeV, the ${}_{}{}^{144}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}(\alpha , {}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{He})$ reaction at $E_{\alpha }=66.2\mathrm{}$ MeV, and the ${}_{}{}^{146}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Nd}(p, d)$ reaction at $E_p=31\mathrm{}$ MeV. Differential cross sections for the charged particle reactions were measured over the range of ∼7° to ∼37° lab for ≈ 40 excited states. These angular distributions are compared with distorted-wave Born approximation calculations to extract $l$ values and spectroscopic factors.