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NEW NEUTRON-DEFICIENT ISOTOPES OF TANTALUM

Journal Article · · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D
Bombardment of Ho/sub 2/O/sub 3/ with N/sup 14/ ions in the Berkeley heavy-ion linear accelerator resulted in the discovery of new isotopes of tantalum which have been assigned as Ta/sup 173/ and Ta/sup 174/. They have half- lives of 3.7 hr and 1.3 hr, respectively. Tantalum-172 was not observed and is believed to have a half-life shorter than 30 minutes. Gamma-ray spectra were obtained for these two isotopes and for Ta/sup 175/ Tantulum-175, with an 11-hr half-life, was also produced by 48-Mev alpha-particle bombardment of Lu/sub 2/O/ sub 3/, and its conversion-electron spectrum was studied. From these data a decay scheme is proposed using nine of the observed transitions and assigning spins to three members of the ground-state rotational band. (auth)
Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Berkeley
NSA Number:
NSA-14-015308
OSTI ID:
4156987
Journal Information:
Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Journal Name: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D Vol. Vol: 118; ISSN PHRVA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English