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Half-life measurements of isomeric states populated in projectile fragmentation

  • M. Bowry*
  • , Zs Podolyák
  • , J. Kurcewicz
  • , S. Pietri
  • , M. Bunce
  • , P. H. Regan
  • , F. Farinon
  • , H. Geissel
  • , C. Nociforo
  • , A. Prochazka
  • , H. Weick
  • , P. Allegro
  • , J. Benlliure
  • , G. Benzoni
  • , P. Boutachkov
  • , J. Gerl
  • , M. Gorska
  • , A. Gottardo
  • , N. Gregor
  • , R. Janik
  • R. Knöbel, I. Kojouharov, T. Kubo, Y. A. Litvinov, E. Merchan, I. Mukha, F. Naqvi, B. Pfeiffer, M. Pfützner, W. Plaß, M. Pomorski, B. Riese, M. V. Ricciardi, K. H. Schmidt, H. Schaffner, N. Kurz, A. M. Denis Bacelar, A. M. Bruce, G. F. Farrelly, N. Alkhomashi, N. Al-Dahan, C. Scheidenberger, B. Sitar, P. Spiller, J. Stadlmann, P. Strmen, B. Sun, H. Takeda, I. Tanihata, S. Terashima, J. J. Valiente Dobon, J. S. Winfield, H. J. Wollersheim, P. J. Woods
*Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Surrey
  • GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
  • Justus Liebig University Giessen
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
  • Comenius University
  • RIKEN
  • Yale University
  • University of Warsaw
  • University of Brighton
  • Research Center for Nuclear Physics
  • Beihang University
  • University of Edinburgh

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Abstract

The half-lives of excited isomeric states observed in 195Au, 201Tl and 215Rn are reported for the first time. Delayed γ-rays were correlated with nuclei produced in the projectile fragmentation of relativistic 238U ions, unambiguously identified in terms of their atomic number (Z) and mass-to-charge ratio (A/Q) after traversing an in-flight separator. The observation of a long-lived isomeric state in 195Au with t1/2=16-4+8 μs is presented. Two shorter-lived isomeric states were detected in 201Tl and 215Rn with t1/2=95-21+39 and 57-12+21 ns respectively. In total 24 isomeric states were identified in different nuclei from Pt to Rn (A ∼ 200) during the current study, the majority of which were previously reported. The wealth of spectroscopic data provides the opportunity to determine the isomeric ratios over a wide range of Z, A and angular momentum (I h) of the reaction products. In particular, high-spin states with I ≳ 18 h provide a robust test of theoretical models of fragmentation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNuclear Structure and Dynamics 2012 - Proceedings of the International Conference
Pages317-320
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventInternational Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics 2012 - Opatija, Croatia
Duration: 9 Jul 201213 Jul 2012

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1491
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics 2012
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CityOpatija
Period9/07/1213/07/12

Keywords

  • A/Q
  • E = 1 GeV A
  • NUCLEAR REACTION Be(U,Xγ)
  • half-lives
  • isomeric ratios
  • measured dE(Z)
  • γγ-coin

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