The gamma rays emitted in de-excitation of Rh 103 following beta decay of Ru 103 have been studied in a Ge(Li) detector and with coincident scintillation counters. Quanta have been detected at energies of 53, 297, 445, 498, 557, and 610 keV with relative intensities of 0. 41, 0.31, 0.40,100, 0.87, and 7.35. The data also indicate the presence of a gamma ray at 65 keV. The it-shell conversion coefficient of the 53-keV gamma ray has been measured to be 1.77 ±0.03. A disintegration scheme for Ru 103 has been proposed.
I. INTRODUCTIONT HE present paper reports data concerning the energy states of Rh 103 which lie at excitation energies of 650 keV or less, as determined from a study of the nuclear transitions in Rh 103 which follow the beta decay of Ru 103 . The decay of Ru 103 has been previously studied, 1-13 and the gamma rays associated with the transitions are given in Table I. The energy states of Rh 103 and the gamma rays related to them have also been observed in primary nuclear reactions. For example, Coulomb excitation of Rh 103 by alpha particles has yielded gamma ray energies of 295 and 357 keV for 74 and 7 6 , 14 and 62±2, 298±2, and 360db3 keV for 73, 74, and 76. 15 Coulomb excitation by nitrogen ions gave rise to energy values of 295 and 358 keV for 74 and 7 6 . 16 By the inelastic scattering of fast neutrons by rhodium, 17 gamma rays at 300 and 365 keV, 74 and 76, were observed as was a quantum of energy 600 keV, which could not be positively identified as 710.