Published October 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Spectroscopy of 212Po and 213At using a 8He radioactive beam and EXOGAM

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH (United Kingdom)

Description

A beam of 28 MeV 8He particles with an average intensity 2 x 105 ions s-1, produced by the SPIRAL facility at GANIL, was used to initiate fusion-evaporation reactions in thick targets of 208Pb and 209Bi. Excited states of 212Po and 213At were populated in (8He,4n) reactions. The emitted γ-rays were detected using the EXOGAM array composed of four Compton suppressed germanium Clover detectors in a close geometry configuration. Preliminary results show that 212Po has been populated to high spin (I ≅ 14) with a significantly increased yield compared with our previous 8He beam experiment. An apparently increased relative population of states up to 12+ was observed compared with published results from a 208Pb(9Be,αn)212Po reaction at 48 MeV. Evidence is presented for a previously unreported de-excitation pathway: 69 keV (13-→ 12+). States up to Iπ = (39/2-) have also been observed in 213At

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/31/S1851/g5_10_086.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. S1851-S1854
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED

Conference

Title
International conference on the interface between NUclear STructure, Astrophysics and Reactions
Acronym
NUSTAR 2005
Dates
5-8 Jan 2005
Place
Guildford (United Kingdom)