The yields of photonucleon reactions having various multiplicities and occurring on a natural mixture of cadmium isotopes were measured. Bremsstrahlung whose spectrum had an endpoint energy of 55 MeV was used as a gamma-ray source. The reaction yields were determined with the aid of the induced-activity method. The yields of photonuclear reactions for several channels of decay of excited states of cadmium isotopes in the energy region extending up to 55MeV were obtained for the first time. A comparison of the results obtained experimentallywith the results of theoretical calculations reveals that, in the case of heavy cadmium isotopes, it is possible to obtain a reasonably good description of experimental data. In the case of the light isotope 106Cd, however, the results of the theoretical calculations are at odds with experimental data, and this is likely to be due to special features of the shell structure of the isotope 106Cd, which lies near the beta-stability boundary.
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