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GENERAL: See also (71AJ02) and Table 17.1 [Table of Energy Levels] (in PDF or PS).

Theory and reviews: (PA73C, RE73G, TO73G, WI73J, HA74Y, BE75Q).

Experimental papers: (AR71, KO73F, DE76J).

1. (a) 17N(β-)17O* --> 16O + n	Qm = 4.536
(b) 17N(β-)17O	Qm = 8.682

The half-life of ¹⁷N is 4.169 ± 0.008 sec (AL72M): the mean of earlier values (see (71AJ02)) was 4.16 ± 0.01 sec. See also (FI76A). The decay is principally [see Table 17.2 (in PDF or PS)] to the neutron unbound states ¹⁷O*(4.55, 5.38, 5.94) [J^π = 3/2^-, 3/2^- and 1/2^-, respectively]. The nature of the decay is in agreement with J^π = 1/2^- for ¹⁷N_g.s. (PO73D, AL76). For measurements of the neutron energies see (PO73D). Excitation energies of ¹⁷O states have been determined by (PO73D) from E_n [e.g., 4.552 ± 0.004 MeV] and by (AL76). From E_γ to the first excited state whose E_x was taken to be 870.8 ± 0.2 keV, E_x for the second excited state of ¹⁷O is 3055.2 ± 0.3 keV; the direct ground state decay of that state is < 1.5% (AL76). See also (SH72J) and (TO72; theor.). For a comparison of the ¹⁷N and ¹⁷Ne decays see Table 17.3 (in PDF or PS) (AL76): the large values of δ show the importance of final state nuclear asymmetry in odd-A nuclei. See also (AL72M).

2. 10Be(11B, α)17N

Qm = 10.980

See (FI76A).

3. 11B(7Li, p)17N

Qm = 8.416

Proton groups and γ-rays have been studied by several groups: see Tables 17.4 (in PDF or PS) and 17.5 (in PDF or PS). Angular distributions of γ-rays, branching ratio and lifetime measurements lead to most of the J^π shown in these two tables; transition energies have also been very accurately determined (RO74J, RO74K). See also (71AJ02).

4. 12C(7Li, 2p)17N

Qm = -7.541

See (HO71H, CE76D).

5. 14C(α, p)17N

Qm = -9.715

See (PE61B).

6. 14C(18O, 15N)17N

Qm = -5.735

See (EY72).

7. 15N(t, p)17N

Qm = -0.108

See (71AJ02).

8. 17O(n, p)17N

Qm = -7.896

See ¹⁸O in (78AJ03).

9. 18O(γ, p)17N

Qm = -15.943

See ¹⁸O in (78AJ03).

10. 18O(n, d)17N

Qm = -13.718

See ¹⁹O in (72AJ02).

11. 18O(d, 3He)17N

Qm = -10.449

Angular distributions of eight ³He groups have been measured at E_d = 52 MeV; see Table 17.4 (in PDF or PS) (HA71HH).

12. 18O(t, α)17N

Qm = 3.872

Alpha particle groups corresponding to ¹⁷N states with E_x < 4.3 MeV have been studied by (JA60C): see Table 17.3 (in PDF or PS) in (71AJ02). (GU76D: E_t = 3.5 MeV) have studied α - γ angular correlations and γ-branching ratios for the first six excited states of ¹⁷N: see Tables 17.4 (in PDF or PS) and 17.5 (in PDF or PS).