Photoactivation of111Cdmwithout a ‘‘nonresonant’’ contribution

Abstract
The photoactivation of Cd111 with a Co60 source and a set of intervening iron absorbers has been studied. The induced activity of Cdm111 is interpreted completely by assuming resonant excitation of the 1330 keV state followed by decay to the isomeric state, thereby discounting the necessity of any ‘‘nonresonant’’ photoexcitation process.