Abstract
Exotic, neutron-rich proton-induced spallation products of 232Th and 238U obtained from the PS Booster ISOLDE facility have been investigated by γ-γ, α-γ coincidence and spectrum-multiscaling measurements. A new method for the reduction of isobaric contamination enabled to study the unknown region beyond 208Pb for the decay chain A = 217. A new isotope 217Bi with a half-life of 98.5 ≠ 0.8 s was discovered and its β-decay studied. For the first time, a half-life value of 1.53 ≠ 0.03 a for the α-decay of 217Po was measured.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5-8 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal A |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Sep 2003 |