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High-spin states in ²¹²Po above the α-decaying (18⁺) isomer
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High-spin states in ²¹²Po above the α-decaying (18⁺) isomer

L Zago, A Gottardo, J.J Valiente-Dobón, G Benzoni, A Gadea, M Górska, S Lunardi, Zsolt Podolyak, P.H Regan, Zs Podolyák, …
Physics Letters B, Vol.834, 137457
10/11/2022

Abstract

Analysis Gamma rays Uranium γ spectroscopy Isomer spectroscop High-spin spectroscopy
The nucleus 212Po has been produced through the fragmentation of a 238U primary beam at 1 GeV/nucleon at GSI, separated with the FRagment Separator, FRS, and studied via isomer γ-decay spectroscopy with the RISING setup. Two delayed previously unknown γ rays have been observed. One has been attributed to the E3 decay of a 21 isomeric state feeding the α-emitting 45-s (18+) high-spin isomer. The other γ-ray line has been assigned to the decay of a higher-lying 23+ metastable state. These are the first observations of high-spin states above the 212Po (18+) isomer, by virtue of the selectivity obtained via ion-by-ion identification of 238U fragmentation products. Comparison with shell-model calculations points to shortfalls in the nuclear interactions involving high-j proton and neutron orbitals, to which the region around Z∼100 is sensitive.
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