Abstract
Fine structure in proton emission from the 7 / 2- [523] ground state and from the 1 / 2+ [411] isomer in deformed nucleus 141Ho was studied by means of fusion-evaporation reactions and digital signal processing. Proton transitions to the first excited 2+ state in 140Dy, with the branching ratio of Ipg s (2+) = 0.9 ± 0.2 % and Ipm (2+) = 1.7 ± 0.5 %, were observed. The data are analyzed within the non-adiabatic weak coupling model assuming a large quadrupole deformation of the daughter nucleus 140Dy as predicted by the self-consistent theory. Implications of this result on coexistence effects around N = 74 are discussed. Significant modifications of the proton shell structure when going from the valley of beta stability to the proton drip line are discussed in terms of self-consistent theory involving the two-body tensor interaction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 52-56 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physics Letters B |
| Volume | 664 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 12 2008 |
Funding
ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the US Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. This work was also supported by the US DOE through Contract Nos. DE-FG02-96ER40983, DE-FG02-96ER40963, DE-FC02-07ER41457, DE-FG02-96ER41006, DE-FG05-88ER40407, DE-FG02-96ER40978, and DE-AC05-76OR00033; by the National Nuclear Security Administration through DOE Research Grant DE-FG03-03NA00083; by the Polish Ministry of Science; by the Foundation for Polish Science (A.K.); by the Academy of Finland and University of Jyväskylä within the FIDIPRO program; and by Hungarian OTKA grant No. T46791.
Keywords
- Proton radioactivity
- Proton shell structure
- Two-body tensor interactions