Structure ofSb116Studied with theSn115(He3,d)Sb116reaction

Abstract
The Sn115(He3,d)Sb116 reaction was performed to obtain a more sensitive test of two quasiparticle calculations for Sb116. These calculations gave a good description of the excitation energies and partial halflives of the low lying states of Sb116. Good agreement between measured and calculated spectroscopic factors is found. The calculated low lying Jπ=0+ state (Ex=420 keV) which has not been observed so far should be strongly excited in this reaction. However, no indication is found for such a state below Ex=1200 keV.