Energy shifted level densities in the rare earth region

Abstract

The density of accessible levels at low spin in the (3-He,alpha gamma) reaction has been extracted for the 161,162-Dy and 171,172-Yb nuclei. The energy shift between the level densities of the even-odd and even-even isotopes is measured as a function of excitation energy. The results are compared with predictions from various semi-empirical models. The energy shift procedure works well for excitation energies between 3.5 and 7 MeV in the even-even nucleus, provided that a proper level density function is used. The experimental energy shift is close to the pairing gap parameter Delta.

9 pages including 4 figures Extended with comparison to theoretical level densities

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