Primary gamma transitions in 173,174Yb in neutron capture at isolated resonances

Gamma transitions in 174Yb were investigated in radiative neutron capture at 23 isolated and additional 7 partially resolved summed resonances of 173Yb. The time-of-flight technique was used on an enriched target at the IBR-30 reactor at JINR Dubna. A total of 77 primary gamma transitions are reported populating levels in 174Yb up to 2.8 MeV in the spin-parity range 1±,2±,3±,4±. Spin and parity assignments of neutron resonances and of populated levels are proposed. In addition to these results, seven primary gamma transitions in 173Yb were also observed from neutron capture at three isolated resonances of 172Yb.