Published June 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

New neutron-rich isotopes of astatine and bismuth

  • 1. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung m.b.H., Darmstadt (Germany, F.R.)
  • 3. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 4. Oslo Univ. (Norway). Dept. of Chemistry
  • 5. Mainz Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Kernchemie
  • 6. Warsaw Univ. (Poland). Inst. Fizyki Doswiadczalnej
  • 7. Bergen Univ. (Norway). Inst. of Physics
  • 8. Chalmers Univ. of Tech., Goeteborg (Sweden). Inst. of Physics

Description

Neutron-rich isotopes of astatine have been produced through spallation reactions with 600 MeV protons on a 232Th target and identified by spectroscopic techniques combined with one-line mass separation at the ISOLDE facility. The half-lives of 218At and 219At have been remeasured to be 1.5(3) s and 57(4) s, respectively. Four new isotopes of astatine, 220-223At, have been observed for the first time, and their half-lives were found to be 3.73(13) min, 2.3(2) min, 54(10) s, and 50(7) s, respectively. Another nuclide, 216Bi, has been observed for the first time as the daughter product of the 220At alpha decay, and its half-life has been measured to be 6.6(21) min. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Zeitschrift fuer Physik, A: Atomic Nuclei
Journal Volume
333
Journal Issue
2
Series
Z. Phys., A: At. Nuclei.
Journal Page Range
131-135
ISSN
0930-1151
CODEN
ZAANE

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Collaborations
ISOLDE Collaboration.