Exploring the boundaries of the nuclear landscape : α-decay properties of 211Pa
Abstract
Employing the recoil ion transport unit (RITU) and a fusion-evaporation reaction, the α decay of 211Pa has been identified via the implantation-decay correlation technique through observation of chains up to four consecutive decays. An α-particle energy and half-life of 8320(40) keV and 3.8+4.6−1.4 ms, respectively, were measured, corresponding to favored α decay. In addition, more precise α-decay properties of 212Pa and 213Pa were obtained due to accumulated statistics. The present data were compared to those predicted by selected atomic mass models and it was used to estimate the possibility of observing proton emission from these isotopes.
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2020
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Peer reviewed
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2469-9985
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.034305
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English
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Physical Review C
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- Auranen, K., Uusitalo, J., Badran, H., Grahn, T., Greenlees, P. T., Herzáň, A., Jakobsson, U., Julin, R., Juutinen, S., Konki, J., Leino, M., Leppänen, A.-P., O'Neill, G., Pakarinen, J., Papadakis, P., Partanen, J., Peura, P., Rahkila, P., Ruotsalainen, P., . . . Voss, A. (2020). Exploring the boundaries of the nuclear landscape : α-decay properties of 211Pa. Physical Review C, 102(3), Article 034305. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.034305
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Research Council of Finland
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Postdoctoral Researcher, AoF
Tutkijatohtori, SA
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This work was supported by the Academy of Finland under Contracts No. 213503 (Finnish Center of Excellence Programme) and No. 323710 (personal research project, K.A.). The authors also thank the GAMMAPOOL European Spectroscopy Resource for the loan of the germanium detectors. The contribution of A.H. was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency (Contract No. APVV15-0225), the Slovak grant agency VEGA (Contract No. 2/0129/17), and the project ITMS code no. 26210120023, supported by the Research and Development Operational Programme funded by ERDF (30%).
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