Decay Spectroscopy of Element 115 Daughters: 280Rg -> 276Mt and 276Mt -> 272Bh
(2015) In Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics) 92(2).- Abstract
- Forty-six decay chains, assigned to the decay of 288-115, were produced using the 243Am(48Ca,3n)288-115 reaction at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-in. cyclotron. The resulting series of α decays were studied using α-photon and α-x-ray spectroscopies. Multiple α-photon coincidences were observed in the element 115 decay chain members, particularly in the third- and fourth-generation decays (presumed to be 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively). Upon combining these data with those from 22 288-115 decay chains observed in a similar experiment, updated level schemes in 276Mt and 272Bh (populated by the α decay of 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively) are proposed. Photons were observed in the energy range expected for K x rays coincident with... (More)
- Forty-six decay chains, assigned to the decay of 288-115, were produced using the 243Am(48Ca,3n)288-115 reaction at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-in. cyclotron. The resulting series of α decays were studied using α-photon and α-x-ray spectroscopies. Multiple α-photon coincidences were observed in the element 115 decay chain members, particularly in the third- and fourth-generation decays (presumed to be 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively). Upon combining these data with those from 22 288-115 decay chains observed in a similar experiment, updated level schemes in 276Mt and 272Bh (populated by the α decay of 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively) are proposed. Photons were observed in the energy range expected for K x rays coincident with the α decay of both 280Rg and 276Mt. However, Compton scattering of higher-energy γ rays and discrete transitions are present in the K x-ray region preventing a definitive Z identification to be made based on observation of characteristic K x-ray energies. (Less)
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- Gates, J. M.
; Gregorich, K. E.
; Gothe, O. R.
; Uribe, E. C.
; Pang, G. K.
; Bleuel, D. L.
; Block, M.
; Clark, R. M.
; Campbell, C. M.
; Crawford, H. L.
; Cromaz, M.
; Di Nitto, A.
; Düllmann, Ch. E.
; Esker, N. E.
; Fahlander, Claes
LU
; Fallon, P.
; Farjadi, R. M.
; Forsberg, Ulrika
LU
; Khuyagbaatar, J.
; Loveland, W.
; Macchiavelli, A. O.
; May, E. M.
; Mudder, P. R.
; Olive, D. T.
; Rice, A. C.
; Rissanen, J.
; Rudolph, Dirk
LU
; Sarmiento, Luis
LU
; Shusterman, J. A.
; Stoyer, M. A.
; Wiens, A.
; Yakushev, A.
and Nitsche, H.
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- 92
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- 021301
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- 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301
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abstract = {{Forty-six decay chains, assigned to the decay of 288-115, were produced using the 243Am(48Ca,3n)288-115 reaction at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-in. cyclotron. The resulting series of α decays were studied using α-photon and α-x-ray spectroscopies. Multiple α-photon coincidences were observed in the element 115 decay chain members, particularly in the third- and fourth-generation decays (presumed to be 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively). Upon combining these data with those from 22 288-115 decay chains observed in a similar experiment, updated level schemes in 276Mt and 272Bh (populated by the α decay of 280Rg and 276Mt, respectively) are proposed. Photons were observed in the energy range expected for K x rays coincident with the α decay of both 280Rg and 276Mt. However, Compton scattering of higher-energy γ rays and discrete transitions are present in the K x-ray region preventing a definitive Z identification to be made based on observation of characteristic K x-ray energies.}},
author = {{Gates, J. M. and Gregorich, K. E. and Gothe, O. R. and Uribe, E. C. and Pang, G. K. and Bleuel, D. L. and Block, M. and Clark, R. M. and Campbell, C. M. and Crawford, H. L. and Cromaz, M. and Di Nitto, A. and Düllmann, Ch. E. and Esker, N. E. and Fahlander, Claes and Fallon, P. and Farjadi, R. M. and Forsberg, Ulrika and Khuyagbaatar, J. and Loveland, W. and Macchiavelli, A. O. and May, E. M. and Mudder, P. R. and Olive, D. T. and Rice, A. C. and Rissanen, J. and Rudolph, Dirk and Sarmiento, Luis and Shusterman, J. A. and Stoyer, M. A. and Wiens, A. and Yakushev, A. and Nitsche, H.}},
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series = {{Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics)}},
title = {{Decay Spectroscopy of Element 115 Daughters: 280Rg -> 276Mt and 276Mt -> 272Bh}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3897577/7761361.pdf}},
doi = {{10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301}},
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