Eur. Phys. J. A (2026) 62: 1
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01754-8

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

The study of $_{}^{110}$Cd with the $(n,n^{\prime }\gamma )$ reaction revisited

¹ Department of Physics, University of Guelph, N1G2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
² Dept. of Physics, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, 7535, Bellville, South Africa
³ Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicherstrasse 7, 50937, Köln, Germany
⁴ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan, USA
⁵ Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZE, Liverpool, UK
⁶ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, 40506-0055, Kentucky, USA
⁷ Departments of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, 40506-0055, Kentucky, USA

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Received: 6 July 2025
Accepted: 19 November 2025
Published online: 7 January 2026

Abstract

Data from a previous study of $_{}^{110}$Cd with the $(n,n^{\prime }\gamma )$ reaction with monoenergetic neutrons have been reanalysed with the aim of identifying additional low-intensity $\gamma$-ray transitions. The data set included excitation functions measured with neutron energies between 1.94 and 3.34 MeV, and $\gamma$-ray angular distributions performed at neutron energies of 2.6, 2.9, and 3.2 MeV. A total of 162 $\gamma$ rays were placed in a level scheme comprising 69 levels (of which 58 $\gamma$-ray assignments and 10 levels are newly established) up to 3.3 MeV in excitation energy. Lifetimes, or limits, were established for many levels using the Doppler-shift attenuation technique allowing for the determination of an extended set of transition rates.