Thermal Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Studies of Natural Titanium

Detailed and precise measurements of the gamma rays following thermal neutron capture in natural titanium have been made by means of a single flat crystal diffraction spectrometer and Ge(Li) detectors below 3.5 MeV and as direct spectra above 1.6 MeV. Many previously unreported transition energies have been observed and fitted into the level schemes of 47Ti, 48Ti, 49Ti, 50Ti and 51Ti. The neutron binding energies obtained for the titanium isotopes from the transition assignments are in agreement with the values calculated from mass measurements within the experimental errors (about 2 keV). More accurate values of a number of levels in the titanium isotopes have been determined as compared to earlier (d, p) measurements. (author)