Investigation of [gamma] radiation from [sup.178]Hf in the respective reaction

The spectra and angular distributions of gamma rays were measured in the reaction [sup.178]Hf(n, n'[gamma]) induced by a beam of fast reactor neutrons. Data on multipole mixtures in gamma transitions and a lot of new information about gamma transitions of energy 1.5 to 3.0 MeV were obtained. A comparison of these results with information known from the respective (n, [gamma]) reaction made it possible to refine the schemes of deexcitation of [sup.178]Hf levels at energies above 1.5 MeV, to determine more precisely features of these levels, and to introduce new levels and rotation bands at excitation energies of about 2 MeV DOI: 10.1134/S1063778812120058