Spectroscopy ofTc93,95,97Through the (d,n) Reaction

Abstract
The (d,n) reaction on Mo92, Mo94, and Mo96 has been studied at 12-MeV deuteron bombarding energy using the neutron time-of-flight technique with an over-all neutron time resolution of 1.9 nsec. Angular distributions of neutron groups leading to states in Tc93, Tc95, and Tc97 were measured in the angular range between 15 and 70°. The measured cross sections are analyzed in the framework of the distorted-wave theory of stripping reactions to deduce the l values and proton spectroscopic factors of the states in the residual nuclei. The results are compared with the corresponding data available from (He3,d) studies. Arguments based on the shell-model theory have been used to make tentative spin assignments. The fractionation of the single-particle states and their centroid energies are determined. Tentative Mo92, Mo94, and Mo96 ground-state configurations are deduced from the analysis.