States in 152Sm populated by the (t,) reaction

Levels in the deformed even–even nucleus 152 Sm have been populated by the (t,α) reaction using beams of 15 MeV tritons from the model FN tandem Van de Graaff accelerator at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. For the initial experiments in the series the reaction products were analyzed in an Elbek magnetic spectrograph and detected with nuclear emulsions. Those done later made use of the Q3D magnetic spectrometer and helical-cathode focal plane detector. On the basis of levels observed in adjacent odd-Z nuclei and some previous (α,2nγ) results, a rotational band built on the K π = 5 − , 5/2 + [413] + 5/2 − [532] two-quasiparticle state has been identified. A Coriolis coupling calculation has been done, which gives good agreement with experimental energies and cross sections when an attenuation factor of 0.31 is used for the Coriolis matrix elements.