Published April 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Prolate structures in 189Po and 185Pb

  • 1. Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol (Belgium)
  • 2. University of Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Leuven (Belgium)
  • 3. TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C. (Canada)
  • 4. University of Liverpool, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
  • 5. Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz, Mainz (Germany)
  • 6. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 7. J.W. Goethe-Universitaet, Physikalisches Institut, Frankfurt (Germany)
  • 8. Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 9. University of Jyvaeskylae, Department of Physics, Jyvaeskylae (Finland)

Description

The 3/2- isomer in 185Pb and states above it have been populated in the α-decay of 189Po. The observed α-decay strengths to and the electromagnetic decay properties of the excited states in 185Pb have been combined with Potential Energy Surface and Particle-Plus-Rotor calculations to propose configuration assignments. It is suggested that the α-decaying isomer of 189Po is of prolate origin and that the prolate configuration becomes very low in energy in 185Pb. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2004-10124-7

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Journal Title
European Physical Journal. A
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 57-62
ISSN
1434-6001