In-beam γ-ray spectroscopy of the proton emitter [Formula Presented] using recoil-decay tagging

D. Seweryniak, C. N. Davids, W. B. Walters, P. J. Woods, I. Ahmad, H. Amro, D. J. Blumenthal, L. T. Brown, M. P. Carpenter, T. Davinson, S. M. Fischer, D. J. Henderson, R. V.F. Janssens, T. L. Khoo, I. Hibbert, R. J. Irvine, C. J. Lister, J. A. Mackenzie, D. Nisius, C. ParryR. Wadsworth

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Abstract

Gamma rays from the decay of states in the proton unstable nucleus [Formula Presented]Tm were observed for the first time following the [Formula Presented]Mo[Formula Presented]Ni, p2n)[Formula Presented]Tm reaction at 260 MeV. Prompt [Formula Presented] rays were detected with an array of Compton-suppressed Ge detectors, placed in front of the fragment mass analyzer at the ATLAS accelerator, and were assigned to individual reaction channels on an event-by-event basis using the recoil-decay tagging method. Gamma-ray transitions were associated with both the proton decay of the [Formula Presented][Formula Presented] ground state and the [Formula Presented][Formula Presented] isomeric state in [Formula Presented]Tm, even though the cross sections for populating these states were only [Formula Presented] 16 [Formula Presented]b and 2 [Formula Presented]b, respectively. The level scheme which was constructed for [Formula Presented]Tm is discussed and compared with the level structures for lighter [Formula Presented]=78 isotones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R2137-R2141
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume55
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1997

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