Published June 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Precision measurements of proton emission from the ground states of 156Ta and 160Re

  • 1. Royal Institute of Technology, Alba Nova Center, S-106 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 2. IPHC, CNRS-IN2P3, ULP Strasbourg, 23 rue de Loess, F-67037 Strasbourg cedex 2 (France)
  • 3. Nigde Universitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Falkueltesi, Fizik Boeluemue, Nigde (Turkey)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Jyvaeskylae, P.O. Box 35, FIN-40014 Jyvaeskylae (Finland)
  • 5. STFC, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD (United Kingdom)
  • 6. Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE (United Kingdom)

Description

The decays of the πd3/2 ground states of 156Ta and 160Re have been studied in detail using the GREAT spectrometer. More than 7000 160Re nuclei were produced in reactions of 290- and 300-MeV 58Ni ions with an isotopically enriched 106Cd target and separated in flight using the RITU separator. The proton and α decays of the πd3/2 level were confirmed and the half-life and branching ratios of this state were determined with improved precision to be t1/2=611±7 μs and bp=89±1% and bα=11±1%, respectively. The α-decay branch populated the ground state of 156Ta, allowing improved values for the proton-decay energy and half-life to be obtained (Ep=1011±5 keV; t1/2=106±4 ms). The β decay of this level was identified for the first time and a branching ratio of bβ=29±3% was deduced. The spectroscopic factors deduced from these measurements are compared with predictions.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 064320-064320.4
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics