Decay spectroscopy of element 115 daughters: and
Abstract
In this study, forty-six decay chains, assigned to the decay of 288115, were produced using the 243Am (48Ca, 3n) 288115 reaction at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-in. cyclotron. The resulting series of α decays were studied using α-photon and α-x-ray spectroscopies. Multiple α-photon coincidences were observed in the element 115 decay chain members, particularly in the third- and fourth-generation decays (presumed to be 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively). Upon combining these data with those from 22 288115 decay chains observed in a similar experiment, updated level schemes in 276Mt and 272Bh (populated by the α decay of 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively) are proposed. Additionally, photons were observed in the energy range expected for K x rays coincident with the α decay of both 280Rg and 276Mt. However, Compton scattering of higher-energy γ rays and discrete transitions are present in the K x-ray region preventing a definitive Z identification to be made based on observation of characteristic K x-ray energies.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (Germany)
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz (Germany)
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (Germany); Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz (Germany); Helmholtz Institute Mainz (Germany)
- Lund Univ. (Sweden)
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH (Germany); Helmholtz Institute Mainz (Germany)
- Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1393336
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1208207
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-737626
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231; FG06-97ER41026
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Gates, J. M., Gregorich, K. E., Gothe, O. R., Uribe, E. C., Pang, G. K., Bleuel, D. L., Block, M., Clark, R. M., Campbell, C. M., Crawford, H. L., Cromaz, M., Di Nitto, A., Düllmann, Ch. E., Esker, N. E., Fahlander, C., Fallon, P., Farjadi, R. M., Forsberg, U., Khuyagbaatar, J., Loveland, W., Macchiavelli, A. O., May, E. M., Mudder, P. R., Olive, D. T., Rice, A. C., Rissanen, J., Rudolph, D., Sarmiento, L. G., Shusterman, J. A., Stoyer, M. A., Wiens, A., Yakushev, A., and Nitsche, H. Decay spectroscopy of element 115 daughters: Rg280→Mt276 and Mt276→Bh272. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301.
Gates, J. M., Gregorich, K. E., Gothe, O. R., Uribe, E. C., Pang, G. K., Bleuel, D. L., Block, M., Clark, R. M., Campbell, C. M., Crawford, H. L., Cromaz, M., Di Nitto, A., Düllmann, Ch. E., Esker, N. E., Fahlander, C., Fallon, P., Farjadi, R. M., Forsberg, U., Khuyagbaatar, J., Loveland, W., Macchiavelli, A. O., May, E. M., Mudder, P. R., Olive, D. T., Rice, A. C., Rissanen, J., Rudolph, D., Sarmiento, L. G., Shusterman, J. A., Stoyer, M. A., Wiens, A., Yakushev, A., & Nitsche, H. Decay spectroscopy of element 115 daughters: Rg280→Mt276 and Mt276→Bh272. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301
Gates, J. M., Gregorich, K. E., Gothe, O. R., Uribe, E. C., Pang, G. K., Bleuel, D. L., Block, M., Clark, R. M., Campbell, C. M., Crawford, H. L., Cromaz, M., Di Nitto, A., Düllmann, Ch. E., Esker, N. E., Fahlander, C., Fallon, P., Farjadi, R. M., Forsberg, U., Khuyagbaatar, J., Loveland, W., Macchiavelli, A. O., May, E. M., Mudder, P. R., Olive, D. T., Rice, A. C., Rissanen, J., Rudolph, D., Sarmiento, L. G., Shusterman, J. A., Stoyer, M. A., Wiens, A., Yakushev, A., and Nitsche, H. Mon .
"Decay spectroscopy of element 115 daughters: Rg280→Mt276 and Mt276→Bh272". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1393336.
@article{osti_1393336,
title = {Decay spectroscopy of element 115 daughters: Rg280→Mt276 and Mt276→Bh272},
author = {Gates, J. M. and Gregorich, K. E. and Gothe, O. R. and Uribe, E. C. and Pang, G. K. and Bleuel, D. L. and Block, M. and Clark, R. M. and Campbell, C. M. and Crawford, H. L. and Cromaz, M. and Di Nitto, A. and Düllmann, Ch. E. and Esker, N. E. and Fahlander, C. and Fallon, P. and Farjadi, R. M. and Forsberg, U. and Khuyagbaatar, J. and Loveland, W. and Macchiavelli, A. O. and May, E. M. and Mudder, P. R. and Olive, D. T. and Rice, A. C. and Rissanen, J. and Rudolph, D. and Sarmiento, L. G. and Shusterman, J. A. and Stoyer, M. A. and Wiens, A. and Yakushev, A. and Nitsche, H.},
abstractNote = {In this study, forty-six decay chains, assigned to the decay of 288115, were produced using the 243Am (48Ca, 3n) 288115 reaction at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-in. cyclotron. The resulting series of α decays were studied using α-photon and α-x-ray spectroscopies. Multiple α-photon coincidences were observed in the element 115 decay chain members, particularly in the third- and fourth-generation decays (presumed to be 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively). Upon combining these data with those from 22 288115 decay chains observed in a similar experiment, updated level schemes in 276Mt and 272Bh (populated by the α decay of 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively) are proposed. Additionally, photons were observed in the energy range expected for K x rays coincident with the α decay of both 280Rg and 276Mt. However, Compton scattering of higher-energy γ rays and discrete transitions are present in the K x-ray region preventing a definitive Z identification to be made based on observation of characteristic K x-ray energies.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 2,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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