Spectroscopy at the two-proton drip line: Excited states in 158W

Excited states have been identified in the heaviest known even-Z N=84 isotone 158W, which lies in a region of one-proton emitters and the two-proton drip line. The observation of γ-ray transitions feeding the ground state establishes the excitation energy of the yrast 6+ state confirming the spin-ga...

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Published in:Physics Letters B
Main Authors: D.T. Joss, R.D. Page, A. Herzán, L. Donosa, J. Uusitalo, R.J. Carroll, I.G. Darby, K. Andgren, B. Cederwall, S. Eeckhaudt, T. Grahn, P.T. Greenlees, B. Hadinia, U. Jakobsson, P.M. Jones, R. Julin, S. Juutinen, M. Leino, A.-P. Leppanen, M. Nyman, D. O'Donnell, J. Pakarinen, P. Rahkila, M. Sandzelius, J. Sarén, C. Scholey, D. Seweryniak, J. Simpson, J. Sorri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Subjects:
Multiparticle excited states
Proton radioactivity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317305877
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Summary:Excited states have been identified in the heaviest known even-Z N=84 isotone 158W, which lies in a region of one-proton emitters and the two-proton drip line. The observation of γ-ray transitions feeding the ground state establishes the excitation energy of the yrast 6+ state confirming the spin-gap nature of the α-decaying 8+ isomer. The 8+ isomer is also expected to be unbound to two-proton emission but no evidence for this decay mode was observed. An upper limit for the two-proton decay branch has been deduced as b2p≤ 0.17% at the 90% confidence level. The possibility of observing two-proton emission from multiparticle isomers in nearby nuclides is considered.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445

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