Low-energy enhancement in the photon strength of Mo95

A new experimental technique is presented using proton-γ-γ correlations from Mo94(d,p)Mo95 reactions which allows for the model-independent extraction of the photon strength function at various excitation energies using primary γ-ray decay from the quasicontinuum to individual low-lying levels. Detected particle energies provide the entrance excitation energies into the residual nucleus while γ-ray transitions from low-lying levels specify the discrete states being fed. Results strongly support the existence of the previously reported low-energy enhancement in the photon strength function. © 2012 American Physical Society.