Eur. Phys. J. A (2016) 52: 47
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16047-8

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

Measurement of isomeric ratios for ^89g,mZr, ^91g,mMo, and ^97g,mNb in the bremsstrahlung end-point energies of 16 and 45-70 MeV

¹ Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 400085, Mumbai, India
² Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 41566, Daegu, Republic of Korea
³ Institute of Radiation Physics, 01328, Dresden, Germany
⁴ Nuclear Data Center, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 34057, Dajeon, Republic of Korea
⁵ Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 37673, Pohang, Republic of Korea

^* e-mail: gnkim@knu.ac.kr

Received: 2 October 2015
Revised: 28 December 2015
Accepted: 20 January 2016
Published online: 11 March 2016

Abstract

The independent isomeric yield ratios of ^89g,mZr from the ^natZr(,xn) reactions and those of ^{91g, m}Mo and ^97g,mNb from the ^natMo(,x) reactions with the bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 45-70 MeV were determined by an off-line -ray spectrometric technique using the 100 MeV electron linac at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Korea. The isomeric yield ratios of ^89g,mZr and ^97g,mNb from the ^natZr(, xn) and ^natMo(,x) reactions at the bremsstrahlung end-point energy of 16MeV were also determined by the same technique using the 20MeV electron linac at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany. The measured isomeric yield ratios of ^89g,mZr, ^91g,mMo, and ^97g,mNb were compared with literature data to examine the role of the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR). The isomeric yield ratios of the ^89g,mZr, ^91g,mMo, and ^97g,mNb from the above reactions were also calculated by using the computer code TALYS 1.6 and compared with the experimental data to examine the validity of the theoretical model for independent isomeric yield ratio calculations.