β -delayed fission of Am 230

G. L. Wilson, M. Takeyama, A. N. Andreyev, B. Andel, S. Antalic, W. N. Catford, L. Ghys, H. Haba, F. P. Heßberger, M. Huang, D. Kaji, Z. Kalaninova, K. Morimoto, K. Morita, M. Murakami, K. Nishio, R. Orlandi, A. G. Smith, K. Tanaka, Y. WakabayashiS. Yamaki

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Abstract

The exotic decay process of β-delayed fission (βDF) has been studied in the neutron-deficient isotope Am230. The Am230 nuclei were produced in the complete fusion reaction Pb207(Al27,4n)Am230 and separated by using the GARIS gas-filled recoil ion separator. A lower limit for the βDF probability PβDF(Am230)>0.30 was deduced, which so far is the highest value among all known βDF nuclei. The systematics of βDF in the region of Am230 will be discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044315
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Oct 2017

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Funding Information:
This experiment was performed at the RI Beam Factory operated by RIKEN Nishina Center and CNS, the University of Tokyo. This work has been funded by FWO-Vlaanderen (Belgium), by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (Contract No. APVV-0105-10 and No. APVV-14-0524) and the Slovak Grant Agency VEGA (Contract No. 1/0532/17), by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and by the Reimei Foundation of JAEA.

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