The new isotope Pb-179 and alpha-decay properties of Tl-179(m)

A. N. Andreyev*, S. Antalic, D. Ackermann, T. E. Cocolios, V. F. Comas, J. Elseviers, S. Franchoo, S. Heinz, J. A. Heredia, F. P. Hessberger, S. Hofmann, M. Huyse, J. Khuyagbaatar, I. Kojouharov, B. Kindler, B. Lommel, R. Mann, R. D. Page, S. Rinta-Antila, P. J. SappleS. Saro, P. Van Duppen, M. Venhart, H. V. Watkins

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Abstract

The new isotope Pb-179 has been produced in the complete fusion reaction Ca-40+Sm-144 -> Pb-179+5n at the velocity filter SHIP (GSI). Its alpha-decay energy of 7350(20) keV and half-life value of 3.5(-0.8)(+1.4) ms were deduced based on the recoil-alpha-alpha correlation technique. A spin parity of I-pi = (9/2(-)) was tentatively assigned to the ground state of Pb-179; thus, it is based on the 1h(9/2) orbital. Improved measurements of the alpha-decay properties of Tl-179(m) and Au-175(m) are also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberARTN 035102
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of physics g-Nuclear and particle physics
Volume37
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2010

Keywords

  • PROTON
  • SPECTROSCOPY
  • SHAPE COEXISTENCE
  • SHIP
  • RADIOACTIVITY
  • Z=82 SHELL CLOSURE
  • IDENTIFICATION
  • NUCLEI
  • NEUTRON-DEFICIENT ISOTOPES

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