Spectroscopy of Element 115 Decay Chains

Summary, in English

A high-resolution , X-ray and gamma-ray coincidence spectroscopy experiment was conducted at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung. Thirty correlated alpha-decay chains were detected following the fusion-evaporation reaction 48Ca + 243Am. The observations are consistent with previous assignments of similar decay chains to originate from element Z = 115. For the first time,

precise spectroscopy allows the derivation of excitation schemes of isotopes along the decay chains starting with elements Z > 112. Comprehensive Monte-Carlo simulations accompany the data

analysis. Nuclear structure models provide a first level interpretation.

• Author: Dirk Rudolph; Ulrika Forsberg; Pavel Golubev; Luis Sarmiento; A. Yakushev; L.-L. Andersson; A. Di Nitto; Ch.E. Düllmann; J.M. Gates; K.E. Gregorich; C.J. Gross; F.P. Heßberger; R.-D. Herzberg; J. Khuyagbaatar; J.V. Kratz; K. Rykaczewski; M. Schädel; Sven Åberg; D. Ackermann; M. Block; H. Brand; Gillis Carlsson; D. Cox; X. Derkx; K. Eberhardt; J. Even; Claes Fahlander; J. Gerl; E. Jäger; B. Kindler; J. Krier; I. Kojouharov; N. Kurz; B. Lommel; A. Mistry; C. Mokry; H. Nitsche; J.P. Omtvedt; P. Papadakis; Ingemar Ragnarsson; J. Runke; H. Schaffner; B. Schausten; P. Thörle-Pospiech; T. Torres; T. Traut; N. Trautmann; A. Türler; A. Ward; Daniel Ward; N. Wiehl
• Department/s: Nuclear physics; Mathematical Physics
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 111
• Issue: 11
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• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.112502
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Topic: Physical Sciences; Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• Project: Element 115
• Research group: Nuclear Structure
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1079-7114