The decay of the new neutron-rich isotope 217Bi

J. Kurpeta, A. Plłochocki, A. N. Andreyev, J. Äystö, A. De Smet, H. De Witte, A. H. Evensen, V. Fedoseyev, S. Franchoo, M. Górska, M. Huhta, M. Huyse, Z. Janas, A. Jokinen, M. Karny, E. Kugler, W. Kurcewicz, U. Köster, J. Lettry, A. NieminenK. Partes, M. Ramdhane, H. L. Ravn, K. Rykaczewski, J. Szerypo, K. Van de Vel, P. Van Duppen, L. Weissman, G. Walter, A. Wöhr

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5-8
    Number of pages4
    JournalEuropean Physical Journal A
    Volume18
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 2003

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