Complete spectroscopy of Po 211 below 2.0 MeV via the (α, n) reaction COMPLETE SPECTROSCOPY of Po 211 below 2.0 ... J. R. COTTLE et al.

J. R. Cottle, Vandana Tripathi, B. A. Brown, B. Abromeit, J. M. Allmond, M. Anastasiou, L. T. Baby, J. S. Baron, P. D. Cottle, R. Dungan, T. C. Hensley, K. W. Kemper, R. S. Lubna, N. Rijal, E. Rubino, S. L. Tabor, P. L. Tai, K. Villafana, I. Wiedenhoever

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Abstract

We report the results of a γ-ray spectroscopic study of Po211 via the Pb208(α,n) reaction at 24-MeV incident energy using a thick target. We observe 26 new γ rays, allowing us to identify 18 states that were not observed in previous γ-ray studies. In total, we observe 45 states below 2.0 MeV. A shell model calculation using the modified Kuo-Herling interaction developed by Warburton and Brown predicts 46 states below 2.0 MeV having spins of 21/2 and below, demonstrating the power of this calculation to provide detailed nuclear structure information on nuclei in the vicinity of Pb208.

Original languageEnglish
Article number064323
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume95
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 23 2017

Funding

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 14-01574.

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