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Ground-state $alpha$-decay of N = 128 isotones $sup 216$Ra, $sup 217$Ac, and $sup 218$Th

Journal Article · · Nucl. Phys., A, v. A217, no. 2, pp. 253-268
OSTI ID:4399660
The alpha -decay propenties of very short-lived N = 125 isotones, /sup 216/Ra,/sup 217/Ac and /sup 214/Th, were investigated by the pulsed-beam method. Alpha emitters of interest were produced in the bombardment of /sup 208/Pb or / sup 209/Bi with 65 to 96 MeV /sup 12/C or /sup 14/N ions and alpha decays were measured between natural beam bursts of the cyclotron. The results obtained are E/sub alpha / = 9.349 plus or minus 0.008 MeV and t/sub 1/2 = 182 plus or minus 10 ns for /sup 216/Ra, 9.650 plus or minus 0.010 MeV and 111 plus or minus 7 ns for /sup 217/Ac, 9.665 plus or minus 0.010 MeV and 96 plus or minus 7 ns for /sup 218/Th. The experimental reduced alpha -widths of N = 128 isotones from /sup 212/Po to /sup 218/Th are shown to agree well with the simple shell model calculation. (auth)
Research Organization:
Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research, Saitama, Japan
NSA Number:
NSA-29-011531
OSTI ID:
4399660
Journal Information:
Nucl. Phys., A, v. A217, no. 2, pp. 253-268, Journal Name: Nucl. Phys., A, v. A217, no. 2, pp. 253-268; ISSN NUPAB
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English

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