Properties of the 1.410 and 1.612 MeV Levels in 37Ar and the 1.727 MeV Level in 37Cl

Abstract

The properties of the 1.410 and 1.612 MeV levels in 37Ar and the 1.727 MeV level in 37Cl were investigated. The levels in 37Ar were populated via the 37Cl(p,n)37Ar reaction and the level in 37Cl via the 37Cl(p,p′)37Cl reaction. The angular distribution and the linear polarization of the decay gamma rays of these levels were measured at incident proton energies of 3.98, 4.17, 4.38, and 4.81 MeV. The results of these measurements are consistent with a spin of 1/2 for the 1.410and 1.727 MeV levels, while they definitely establish the spin and parity of the 1.612 MeV level to be 7/2−. This last level has also been found to decay entirely to the ground state, with a multipolarity mixing ratio δ(E3/M2) = +0.22 ± 0.11. This level has properties quite similar to those of the 7/2− states in 35Cl and 37Cl, indicating that they may all arise from a 1f7/2 single-particle excitation.