Özen, CemAlhassid, YoramNakada, Hitoshi2019-06-272019-06-27201212100-014X2100-014Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/940https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122105002We extend the shell-model Monte Carlo applications to the rare-earth region to include the odd-even nucleus Dy-161. The projection on an odd number of particles leads to a sign problem at low temperatures making it impractical to extract the ground-state energy in direct calculations. We use level counting data at low energies and neutron resonance data to extract the shell model ground-state energy to good precision. We then calculate the level density of Dy-161 and find it in very good agreement with the level density extracted from experimental data.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessConference Object21WOS:00030452730002110.1051/epjconf/201221050022-s2.0-84873457122