Published February 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Decay properties of /sup 153/Yb and /sup 153/Tm; Excitation energies of the s/sub 1/2/ and h/sub 11/2/ proton states in /sup 153/Tm

  • 1. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Description

The decay properties of /sup 153/Yb and /sup 153/Tm, produced in /sup 64/Zn bombardments of /sup 92/Mo, were investigated following on-line mass separation. A decay scheme, incorporating 34 transitions and 25 levels in /sup 153/Tm, was constructed for /sup 153/Yb. It establishes the s/sub 1/2/ proton level in /sup 153/Tm to be isomeric at an excitation energy of 43.2 keV. The α-decay branch of the h/sub 11/2/ /sup 153/Tm ground state was determined to be 91 +- 3%. In addition, a partial decay scheme was put together for the 9% β+ branch. About 66% of this β+ decay proceeds to the h/sub 9/2/ neutron state located at 299.3 keV in /sup 153/Er. Only one transition, 266.5 keV, could be assigned to the β+ decay of the /sup 153/Tm s/sub 1/2/ isomer; it is suggested that the γ ray deexcites the p/sub 3/2/ neutron level to the f/sub 7/2/ /sup 153/Er ground state. Based on the intensity of this 266.5-keV γ ray, the isomer's α branch was estimated to be ∼93%

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, C
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Rev., C.
Journal Page Range
636-644
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA