The 52Cr(p, γ)53Mn reaction

Abstract

The 52Cr(p, γ)53Mn reaction was investigated in the energy region Ep = 1.36–2.26 MeV. The resonance energies, the corresponding 53Mn excitation energies and the resonance strengths of 199 resonances, assigned to this reaction, are reported. The excitation energies and gamma-ray branchings of 13 bound states were determined from the measurement of single and coincidence gamma-ray spectra at 20 resonances. The excitation energies are in excellent agreement with values recently obtained with the 56Fe(p, α)53Mn reaction.