Nuclear structure studies in the Te isotopes: The 125Te(d, p)126Te reaction

Abstract The reaction 125 Te(d, p) 126 Te has been studied at a bombarding energy of 7.5 MeV in order to get information about the 126 Te nuclear level scheme. Forty-two levels were observed below an excitation energy of 5.1 MeV. The angular distributions of 25 of the emitted proton groups were compared with DWBA calculations to determine the angular momentum of the captured neutrons. Contributions from more than one l n value were observed for two of the transitions. Transition strengths were extracted and compared to pairing-theory calculations.