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Title: Establishing the ground-state spin of 71Kr

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C

Nuclei in the vicinity of the N=Z line provide many sensitive probes of isospin symmetry. One example concerns the character and sequence of low-lying states of the T=1/2 mirror pair 71Kr and 71Br which has been under debate for several decades. In this paper we report a new measurement of the absolute β-branching to ground and excited states which, taken with our precise lifetime of T1/2=94.9(4) ms , gives a superallowed ground state–to–ground state log (ft) value of 3.64(4). This is only consistent with both 71Br and 71Kr having the same spin and parity, Jπ=5/2, as expected from mirror symmetry. The β-delayed proton emission to the first-excited state in 70Se was observed for the first time which also strongly supports this assignment.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; FG02-94ER40848; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-88ER40387; SC0019042; NA0003180; NA0000979; NA0003221; NA0003909; NA0002132; PHY-1-102511; PHY 14-30152; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1896879
Report Number(s):
BNL-223638-2022-JAAM; TRN: US2310722
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Vol. 106, Issue 4; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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