Published July 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Beta-Decay Half-Lives and Neutron-Emission Probabilities of Very Neutron-Rich Y to Tc Isotopes

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernchemie, Universitaet Mainz, D-55099 Mainz (Germany)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Accelerator Laboratory, University of Jyvaeskylae, FIN-40351 Jyvaeskylae (Finland)

Description

Neutron-rich 39Y to 43Tc isotopes have been produced by fission of uranium with a 50MeV H2+ beam. Beta-decay half-lives, delayed neutron-emission probabilities, and production yields have been measured and compared with theory. Beta decay of 4 new isotopes is reported, and the β-delayed neutron-emission mode has been discovered for 12 isotopes of the elements niobium and technetium. The results compared to quasiparticle random phase approximation predictions indicate the increasing importance of fast β transitions to high-lying states of nuclei with large neutron excess. copyright 1996 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 458-461.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO