The study of $$^{110}$$Cd with the $$(n,n^{\prime }\gamma )$$ reaction revisited

Abstract Data from a previous study of $$^{110}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mrow/> <mml:mn>110</mml:mn> </mml:mmultiscripts> </mml:math> Cd with the $$(n,n^{\prime }\gamma )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> reaction with monoenergetic neutrons have been reanalysed with the aim of identifying additional low-intensity $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> -ray transitions. The data set included excitation functions measured with neutron energies between 1.94 and 3.34 MeV, and $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> -ray angular distributions performed at neutron energies of 2.6, 2.9, and 3.2 MeV. A total of 162 $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> rays were placed in a level scheme comprising 69 levels (of which 58 $$\gamma $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>γ</mml:mi> </mml:math> -ray assignments and 10 levels are newly established) up to 3.3 MeV in excitation energy. Lifetimes, or limits, were established for many levels using the Doppler-shift attenuation technique allowing for the determination of an extended set of transition rates.