A study of the low‐lying states in 178Hf through the neutron capture reaction

The decay of the low‐lying states of 178Hf was investigated using: (1) High‐resolution curved crystal spectrometry of the secondary γ‐rays using the GAMS‐1 and GAMS 2/3 facilities at the ILL, (2) Measurements of the secondary (n,e−) transitions using the Electron Spectrometer BILL at the ILL, (3) Measurements of the primary γ‐transitions following thermal neutron capture with the pair‐spectrometer at the ILL and (4) Average Resonance Capture (ARC) measurements at the neutron energies of 2 keV and 24 keV, using the tailored beam facilities at BNL.