Measurement of isomeric yield ratios for the 110Pd(γ,n)109m,gPd reaction

Abstract

We measured the isomeric yield ratios for the Pd-110(gamma,n)Pd-109m,Pd-g reaction by the activation method with the bremsstrahlung endpoint energies of 50-, 55-, 60-, 65-, and 70-MeV generated from an electron linear accelerator of Pohang accelerator laboratory. The induced gamma-activities of the irradiated palladium foils were measured by a coaxial high purity germanium detector coupled to a PC-based multi-channel analyzer. The necessary corrections were made to improve the accuracy of the gamma-activity measurements. The present experimental results measured with bremsstrahlung endpoint energies of 50-, 55-, 60-, 65-, and 70-MeV are 0.108 +/- 0.007; 0.118 +/- 0.008; 0.118 +/- 0.007; 0.120 +/- 0.008; 0.119 +/- 0.008, respectively. The obtained results are compared with those existing in literature.