γ-ray spectroscopy of At197

K. Andgren, U. Jakobsson, B. Cederwall, J. Uusitalo, T. Bäck, S. J. Freeman, P. T. Greenlees, B. Hadinia, A. Hugues, A. Johnson, P. M. Jones, D. T. Joss, S. Juutinen, R. Julin, S. Ketelhut, A. Khaplanov, M. Leino, M. Nyman, R. D. Page, P. RahkilaM. Sandzelius, P. Sapple, J. Sarén, C. Scholey, J. Simpson, J. Sorri, J. Thomson, R. Wyss

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Abstract

Excited states of the extremely neutron-deficient nucleus At197 have been studied in an in-beam experiment using the fusion-evaporation reaction Sn118(Kr82,p2n)At197. γ rays belonging to At197 feeding the Iπ=(9/2-) ground state, as well as γ rays feeding the 311-keV Iπ=(13/2+) isomer, decaying via the emission of γ rays, and the 52-keV Iπ=(1/2+) α-decaying isomer have been identified using the recoil-α-decay tagging technique. Total Routhian surface calculations predict a near-spherical shape for the (9/2-) ground state and oblate shapes with β2 around -0.2 for the (1/2+) and the (13/2+) states. These predictions agree with our experimental findings.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044328
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume78
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 27 2008
Externally publishedYes

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