First Study of EC/β+ Decay Schemes for Neutron-Deficient Isotopes 153Er and 157Yb
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 1995-03-05
Abstract: 153Er and 157Yb were produced via xu fusion-evaporation reaction by irradiation of 142Nd and 147Sm with 16O, respectively. A He-jet recoil tape transport system, X-γ and γ-γ coincidence measurements were employed to separate and identify the reaction products and to study the EC/β+ decay of 153Er and 157Yb. The EC/β+ decay schemes of 153Er and 157Yb have been proposed for the first time, from which a new three qussi-particle state and two new single proton states have been assigned to 153Ho, and a new isomer and a new rotational band have been assigned to 157Tm. According to systematic behaviour of the low-laying energy levels for odd holmium and odd thulium isotopes with N=82-102, it can be seen that the change from spherical to deformed shapes of nuclear ground states in the two isotope chains appears between N=86 and 88.