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. Rahkila
  • M. 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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