β-Delayed Proton Decays of 133Sm and 149Yb

¹³³Sm was produced via fusion evaporation in the reaction ⁴⁰Ca+⁹⁶Ru. Its β-delayed proton decay was studied by means of “p-γ” coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, including half-lives, proton energy spectra, γ-transitions following the proton emissions, and the branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nuclei. The possible spins and parities of ¹³³Sm were extracted by fitting the experimental data with a statistical model calculation. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces of ¹³³Sm were calculated by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. Comparing the experimental and calculated results, the spins and parities of ¹³³Sm were assigned to be 5/2⁺ and 1/2^－, which is reconciled with our published simple (EC+β⁺) decay scheme of ¹³³Sm in 2001. In addition, our experimental data on the beta-delayed proton decay of ¹⁴⁹Yb reported in Eur. Phys. J., 2001, A12: 1—4 was also analyzed by using the same method. The spin and parity of ¹⁴⁹Yb was assigned to be 1/2^－.     

Properties of the β-Delayed Proton Decay of 147Er

The β-delayed proton decay of 147Er is studied experimentally using the 58 Ni＋92Mo reaction at a beam energy of 383 MeV. Based on a He-jet apparatus coupled with a tape transport system, the β-delayed proton radioactivities both from the vδl/2 ground state and the vh11/2 isomer in 147 Er are identified by proton-7 coincidence measurements. By analyzing the time distribution of the 4＋ → 2＋-γ transition in the grand-daughter nucleus 146Dy, a half-life of 1.6 ± 0.2s is determined for the Vh11/2 isomer in 147 Er. The half-life for the ground state of 147Er is estimated to be 3.2±1.2 s.     

β-Delayed Proton Decays of 140Tb and 141Dy as Well as the Spin and Parity of 143Dy

¹⁴⁰Tb and ¹⁴¹Dy were produced via fusion evaporation in the reaction ⁴⁰Ca+¹⁰⁶Cd. Their β-delayed proton decays were studied by means of “p-γ” coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, including half-lives, proton energy spectra, γ-transitions following the proton emissions, and the branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nuclei. The ground-state spins and parities of 140Tb and 141Dy were extracted as 7^± and 9/2^±, respectively, by fitting the experimental data with a statistical model calculation. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces (NPES) of ¹⁴⁰Tb and ¹⁴¹Dy were calculated by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method, which indicate the ground-state spins and parities of ¹⁴⁰Tb and ¹⁴¹Dy to be 7⁺and 9/2^－, respectively. In addition, the configuration-constrained NPES of ¹⁴³Dy was also calculated by using the same method. From the NPES a 1/2⁺ ground state and a 11/2^－ isomer with the excitation energy of 198keV were found. The calculated results are consistent with our experimental data on the decay of ¹⁴³Dy reported in Eur. Phys. J., 2003, A16: 347—351.     

(EC/β+) Decay of 130Nd and 140Tb

Isotopes,¹³⁰Nd and ¹⁴⁰Tb were produced using enriched targets ⁹⁶Ru and ¹⁰⁶Cd, respectively,bombarded by ³⁶Ar ion beam. The two nuclides were identified and studied by a He-jet tape transport system in combination with "X-γ" and "γ-γ" coincidence measure- ments. The half-life of ¹³⁰Nd was determined to be (13±2)s. The EC/β⁺ decay scheme of 130Nd was proposed for the first time, and the spins and parties of the ground-state and observed low-lying states in the daughter nucleus ¹³⁰Pr were speculated tentatively. The previous simple EC/β⁺ decay scheme of ¹⁴⁰Tb was revised, and the spin-parity of its groundstate was assigned to be 7⁺.     

β-delayed Proton Decay of 89Ru

A #-delayed proton activity with a half-life of 1.2 - 0.2 s was assigned to ⁸⁹Ru on the basis of a p-%(X) coincidence measurement in the reaction of ⁵⁸Ni (³⁶Ar, 2p3n ) using a He-jet tape transport system. The measured delayed-proton spectrum of ⁸⁹Ru and relative proton branching ratios to the low-lying states in ⁸⁸Mo were compared with statistical model calculations.     

(EC+β+) Decay of 130Pm and 128Pr

¹³⁰Pm and ¹²⁸ Pr were produced by irradiation of ⁹⁶Ru with 171MeV ³⁶Ar beam,and a He-jet recoil tape transport system transported radioactivities to shielded reigon. Based on X-γ-t and γ-γ-t coincidence measurements ,the (EC+β⁺)decay scheme of ¹³⁰Pm was proposed for the first time and the (EC+β⁺)decay scheme of ¹²⁸Pr was revised.     

The β Decay of 21N

The β-delayed neutron and γ energy spectra taken from the decay of neutron-rich nucleus ²¹N were measured by using the β-γ and β-n coincidence detection method. Thirteen new neutron groups ranging from 0.28MeV to 4.98MeV and with a total branching ratio of 88.7±4.2% were observed andpresented. One γ transition with an energy of 1222keV emitted from the excited state of ²¹O, and four γ transitions with energies of 1674, 2397, 2780, and 3175keV emitted from the excited states of ²⁰O were identified in the β decay chain of ²¹N. The β decay half-life for ²¹N is determined to be 82.9±1.9ms. The uncertainty of half-life is much smaller than the previous result.     

(EC+β+) Decay of 133Sm and 1.1s Isomer of 133Pr

By irradiation of an enriched target of ⁹⁶Ru with ⁴⁰Ca and using a helium-jet fast tape transport system in combination with X-γ and γ-γ coincidence measurements,the very neutron deficient isotope ¹³³Sm was produced and studied. A simple(EC+β⁺) decay scheme of Sm is proposed for the first time. A by product ¹³³Pr was produced simultaneously because of the ^98－102Ru contents of the ruthenium target. The half-life of an 11/2^－ low-lying isomeric state in ¹³³Pr has been measured to be (1.1±0.2)s. Using single-particle model,the reduced transition probabilities of the 11/2^－ isomers in ^{131,133,135,137}Pr are extracted from their experimental half-lives and compared with the Weisskopf estimate.     

Measurement of β+ Delayed α Decay of 20Na

Through the ²⁰Na β^{+ 20}Ne→¹⁶O+α process,the half-life and β⁺ delayed α decay spectrum of ²⁰Na have been measured on the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou(RIBLL). The ²⁰Na was identified through TOF-ΔE method and alpha particle was measured by four Si(Au) surface barrier detectors. The half life of ²⁰ Na is(459±7)ms. Result shows that in addition to nine high excitation energy levels with E_d≥2.688MeV, three low excitation energy levels of ²⁰Na with E_d=0.890 & 1.054,1.991,2.424 & 2.457MeV were observed in the experiment. The relative intensity for 1.991MeV level, a more important energy level in the center of mass system energy region from 1.6 to 2.5MeV obtained in this experiment is much higher than the existed one. We also obtained the relative intensities of the levels of E_d=0.890 & 1.054,2.424 & 2.457MeV.     

New Results of β-delayed α Decay of 20Na

The β-delayed α decay of ²⁰Na was restudied using neon target bombarded by 25 and 35.5 MeV protons.In this experiment a newly developed particle-telescope system including a gas ionization chamber as a thin ΔE detector was used. Two new peaks,one at 0.695 MeV and other at 0.907 MeV, were observed for the first time in the charged particle spectra. Based on particle identification, branching ratio and life time measurement,it is believed that these new peaks result from β-delayed low energy αdecay of ²⁰Na.The decay scheme and the low-lying level scheme of 20Na were thus revised.Its possible astrophysical implications were discussed.     

Decay of the J/ψ to Σ0Σ0 Final State

With 7.8 million produced J/ψ events collected by the BES detector at the BEPC, the decay J/ψ→Σ⁰Σ⁰ is analysed. The branching ratio is measured to be BR(J/ψ→Σ⁰Σ⁰)=(0.97±0.04±0.24)×10^－3. The angular distribution is of the form dN dcosθ=N₀(1+α cos²θ) with α value of －0.21±0.27±0.13.     

First Study of Weak (EC+β+) Decay Branch for the Neutron-Deficient Isotoep 209Fr

²⁰⁹Fr has been produced by irradiation of ¹⁹⁷Au with ¹⁶O from SFC accelarator uia the fusion-evaporation 4n channel.The(EC+β⁺)decay of ²⁰⁹Fr has been studied by a He-jet tape transport system.The decay scheme is proposed for the first time based on γ-t,X-γ-t,γ-γ-t coincidece and γ-γ delay coincidence measurements,which takes account of 20 observed γ ray.Five members of low-lying states in ²⁰⁹Rn can be explained by the multi-plet [(²¹⁰Rn2⁺)(νf_5/2)^－1].The branching ratio for(EC+β⁺) decay of ²⁰⁹Fr has been estimated experimentaly to be(3.0±1.5)%.     

β-delayed fission of 228Ac

The basic process of an exotic decay mode namely β-delayed fission is simply introduced. The progress status of the study in the world is essentialized. The observation of β-delayed fission of ²²⁸Ac is reported. The radium was radiochemically separated from natural thorium. Thin Ra sources in which ²²⁸Ac was got through ²²⁸Ra →β^－228Ac were prepared for observing fission fragments from β-delayed fission of ²²⁸Ac. They exposed to the mica fission track detectors, and measured by an HPGe γ-ray detector. The β-delayed fission events of ²²⁸Ac were observed and its β-delayed fission probability was found to be (5±2)×10^－12.     

β-delayed neutron decay of 21N

The β-delayed neutron and γ spectra of neutron-rich nucleus ²¹N using β-γ and β-n coincidence measurements were presented in this paper. Thirteen new neutron groups ranging from 0.28 MeV to 4.98 MeV and with a total branching ratio 88.7±4.2% were observed. One γ transition among the excited states of ²¹O, and four γ transitions among the excited states of ²⁰O were identified in the β decay chain of ²¹N. The ungated half-life of 83.8±2.1 ms was also determined for ²¹N.     

Study of D0→π－l+νl Decay

In this paper, the D⁰→π^－l⁺ν_l decay process is studied by applying light-cone QCD sum rules. The form factor of D→π transition is calculated by choosing a correlation function with a chiral current to eliminate the effect caused by the uncertainty of the twist-3 function of the pion. Therefore the calculated result of the form factor is improved, and the branching ratio of the D⁰→π^－l⁺ν_l decay process is consistent with the new experimental data.     

EC/β+ decay of six medium-heavy nuclei

Previous experimental results of (EC+β⁺) decay for the medium-heavy nuclei reported by our group since 1996, including ¹⁵³Er, ¹⁵⁷Yb, ²⁰⁹Fr, ¹²⁸Ce, ¹³⁰Ce, and ¹²⁸Pr have been briefly summarized. The observed low-lying states in their daughter nuclei have been reviewed in a systematic way and compared with different model calculations. Finally, some questions have been put forward for further study and discussion.     

Multi-channel Coupling in the Hadronic Decay Process J/ψ→ωπ+π－

The coupling problem of the three different intermediate processes J/ψ→ωf₂(1270),f₂→π⁺π^－ and J/ψ→b₁^±(1235)π⁺,b₁^±→ωπ^± included in the hadronic decay process J/ψ→ωπ⁺π^－ is discussed.The consideration of the coupling effect is very important for measuring the parameters of the resonances f₂ and b₁^± and the helicity amplitude ratios of these reactions precisely.     

176Yb的β衰变

采用投影壳模型对¹⁷⁶Yb的β衰变进行了计算, 并与实验结果进行了比较.