Published January 18, 2008 | Version v1
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Lightest Isotope of Bh Produced via the 209Bi(52Cr,n)260Bh Reaction

  • 1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  • 2. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

Description

The lightest isotope of Bh was produced in the new 209Bi(52Cr,n)260Bh reaction at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-Inch Cyclotron. Positive identification was made by observation of eight correlated alpha particle decay chains in the focal plane detector of the Berkeley Gas-Filled Separator. 260Bh decays with a 35-9+19 ms half-life by alpha particle emission mainly by a group at 10.16 MeV. The measured cross section of 59-20+29 pb is compared to model predictions. The influence of the N=152 and Z=108 shells on alpha decay properties is discussed

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
100
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022501-022501.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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