Decay of 162,164,165Lu isotopes

The decay of the short lived 162,164,165Lu isotopes have been studied using high resolution Ge(Li) detectors in singles and coincidence. The Lu isotopes have been produced using an oxygen beam from the Heavy Ion Accelerator at Yale University via the reactions 151,153Eu(16O,Xn)162,164,165Lu. New gamma transitions belonging to the decay of 165Lu (12 min), 164Lu (3.1 min), and 162Lu (1.4 min) isotopes have been identified by following their half-lives. Based on the singles, coincidence, and half-life measurements, tentative level schemes for the 164,165Yb isotopes have been presented. Our results have been compared with the published data.