Six New Nuclides Near the Proton-drip Line in the Rare-earth Region
- Received Date: 1999-03-12
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 1999-06-05
Abstract: Unknown isotopes 125Nd,128Pm,129Sm, 137Gd,139Dy and 139Tb were produced using enriched targets 92Mo,96Ru and 106Cd, respectively, bombarded by 36Ar ion beam with the energies of 165-180MeV from the SFC cyclotron of HIRFL. The six new nuclides were separated and identified by a He-jet combined with a fast-tape transport system as well as "p-γ" and "X-γ" coincidence measurements. Their half-lives were determined to be (0.60±0.15)s, (1.0±0.3)s, (0.55±0.10)s,(2.2±0.2)s, (0.6±0.2)s and (l.6±0.2)s, respectively. Energy spectra of β-delayed protons from 125Nd,128Pm,129Sm,137Gd and 139Dy decay were measured. Two γ-rays with the energies of 109.0 keV and 119.7 keV were assigned tO EC/β+ decay of 139Tb.