Decay and Fission Hindrance of Two- and Four-Quasiparticle K Isomers in Rf254

David, H. M.; Chen, J.; Seweryniak, D.; Kondev, F. G.; Gates, J. M.; Gregorich, K. E.; Ahmad, I.; Albers, M.; Alcorta, M.; Back, B. B.; Baartman, B.; Bertone, P. F.; Bernstein, L. A.; Campbell, C. M.; Carpenter, M. P.; Chiara, C. J.; Clark, R. M.; Cromaz, M.; Doherty, D. T.; Dracoulis, G. D.; Esker, N. E.; Fallon, P.; Gothe, O. R.; Greene, J. P.; Greenlees, P. T.; Hartley, D. J.; Hauschild, K.; Hoffman, C. R.; Hota, S. S.; Janssens, R. V.  F.; Khoo, T. L.; Konki, J.; Kwarsick, J. T.; Lauritsen, T.; Macchiavelli, A. O.; Mudder, P. R.; Nair, C.; Qiu, Y.; Rissanen, J.; Rogers, A. M.; Ruotsalainen, P.; Savard, G.; Stolze, S.; Wiens, A.; Zhu, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.132502

Title: Decay and Fission Hindrance of Two- and Four-Quasiparticle $K$ Isomers in ${}^{254}{Rf}$

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.132502· OSTI ID:1391944

David, H. M.; Chen, J.; Seweryniak, D.; Kondev, F. G.; Gates, J. M.; Gregorich, K. E.; Ahmad, I.; Albers, M.; Alcorta, M.; Back, B. B.; Baartman, B.; Bertone, P. F.; Bernstein, L. A.; Campbell, C. M.; Carpenter, M. P.; Chiara, C. J.; Clark, R. M.; Cromaz, M.; Doherty, D. T.; Dracoulis, G. D. more »

Two isomers decaying by electromagnetic transitions with half-lives of 4.7(1.1) and 247 ( 73 ) μ s have been discovered in the heavy 254 Rf nucleus. The observation of the shorter-lived isomer was made possible by a novel application of a digital data acquisition system. The isomers were interpreted as the K π = 8 - , ν 2 ( 7 / 2 + [ 624 ] , 9 / 2 - [ 734 ] ) two-quasineutron and the K π = 1 6 + , 8 - ν 2 ( 7 / 2 + [ 624 ] , 9 / 2 - [ 734 ] ) Ⓧ 8 - π 2 ( 7 / 2 -[ 514 ] , 9 / 2 + [ 624 ] ) four-quasiparticle configurations, respectively. Surprisingly, the lifetime of the two-quasiparticle isomer is more than 4 orders of magnitude shorter than what has been observed for analogous isomers in the lighter N = 150 isotones. The four-quasiparticle isomer is longer lived than the 254 Rf ground state that decays exclusively by spontaneous fission with a half-life of 23.2 ( 1.1 ) μ s . The absence of sizable fission branches from either of the isomers implies unprecedented fission hindrance relative to the ground state.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1391944

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 13; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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