Alpha decay studies of neutron-deficient radium isotopes
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[en] Neutron-deficient isotopes of radium have been produced in the reactions 35Cl+175Lu, 40Ar+170,171Yb, and 36Ar+170,171Yb and separated in-flight with a gas-filled recoil separator. The activities have been identified on the basis of correlated alpha decay chains. The alpha particle energy Eα and the half-life T1/2 of an isomeric state of the new isotope, 203mRa, have been determined to be (7615±20) keV and (33+22-10) ms, respectively. An assignment of another decay with Eα=(7577±20) keV and T1/2=(1.1+5.0-0.5) ms to 203gRa is made on the basis of one observed three-decay chain. Tentative evidence for the production of the new isotope 202Ra is also given. The values Eα=(7860±60) keV and T1/2=(0.7+3.3-0.3) ms were measured. Improved decay data have been obtained for 204Ra. The results are Eα=(7484±10) keV and T1/2=(59+12-9) ms. Earlier findings concerning the decay of two states in 205Ra and an isomer in 207Ra have been confirmed. Approximate values for cross sections have been determined for 202Ra, produced using the 36Ar+170Yb reaction and for 203Ra, 204Ra, and 205Ra using the 35Cl+175Lu reaction. The results are 2 nb (202Ra), 4 nb (203Ra), 40 nb (204Ra), and 800 nb (205Ra). (orig.)
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Zeitschrift fuer Physik. A, Hadrons and Nuclei; ISSN 0939-7922; ; CODEN ZPAHEX; v. 355(2); p. 157-164
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ALPHA DECAY, ALPHA SPECTRA, ARGON 36 REACTIONS, ARGON 40 REACTIONS, CHLORINE 35 REACTIONS, ENERGY SPECTRA, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, HALF-LIFE, HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS, INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS, ISOMERIC NUCLEI, LUTETIUM 175 TARGET, MEV RANGE 100-1000, MILLISEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEUTRON-DEFICIENT ISOTOPES, NEUTRONS, Q-VALUE, RADIUM 205, RADIUM 206, RADIUM 207, RADIUM ISOTOPES, YTTERBIUM 170 TARGET, YTTERBIUM 171 TARGET
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ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BARYONS, CROSS SECTIONS, DATA, DECAY, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, ENERGY, ENERGY RANGE, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, FERMIONS, HADRONS, HEAVY ION REACTIONS, HEAVY NUCLEI, INFORMATION, ISOTOPES, MEV RANGE, NUCLEAR DECAY, NUCLEAR REACTIONS, NUCLEI, NUCLEONS, NUCLEOSYNTHESIS, NUMERICAL DATA, RADIOISOTOPES, SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, SPECTRA, SYNTHESIS, TARGETS
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