β -delayed fission and α decay of at 196

V. L. Truesdale, A. N. Andreyev*, L. Ghys, M. Huyse, P. Van Duppen, S. Sels, B. Andel, S. Antalic, A. Barzakh, L. Capponi, T. E. Cocolios, X. Derkx, H. De Witte, J. Elseviers, D. V. Fedorov, V. N. Fedosseev, F. P. Heßberger, Z. Kalaninová, U. Köster, J. F W LaneV. Liberati, K. M. Lynch, B. A. Marsh, S. Mitsuoka, Y. Nagame, K. Nishio, S. Ota, D. Pauwels, L. Popescu, D. Radulov, E. Rapisarda, S. Rothe, K. Sandhu, M. D. Seliverstov, A. M. Sjödin, C. Van Beveren, P. Van Den Bergh, Y. Wakabayashi

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    Abstract

    A nuclear-decay spectroscopy study of the neutron-deficient isotope At196 is reported where an isotopically pure beam was produced using the selective Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source and On-Line Isotope Mass Separator (CERN). The fine-structure α decay of At196 allowed the low-energy excited states in the daughter nucleus Bi192 to be investigated. A β-delayed fission study of At196 was also performed. A mixture of symmetric and asymmetric fission-fragment mass distributions of the daughter isotope Po196 (populated by β decay of At196) was deduced based on the measured fission-fragment energies. A βDF probability PβDF(At196)=9(1)×10-5 was determined.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number034308
    JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
    Volume94
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Sept 2016

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