β-Delayed Proton Decay of 93Pd

The β-‘waiting point’nucleus ⁹³Pd has been produced via ⁵⁸Ni(⁴⁰Ca,3n2p) reaction. A helium-jet fast tape transport system was used in combination with p-γ coincidence measurement to identify the β-delayed proton precursor ⁹³ Pd, whose half-life has been measured to be 1.3±0.2s. The measured energy spectrum of β-delayed protons and relative branching ratios to the final states in the daughter nucleus ⁹²Ru are fitted by a revised statistic model calculation, and then the ground state spin of ⁹³Pd are assigned to be 9/2. Meanwhile, a nuclear energy-potential-surface (EPS) calculation is performed by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. The calculated result supports the ground state spin and parity of 9/2⁺ assignment.     

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 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.     

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.     

Level Schemes in Neutron-Rich 141Xe、152Ce、153Nd and 160Sm Nuclei

The level schemes of neutron-rich nuclei,¹⁴¹Xe、¹⁵²Ce、¹⁵³Nd and ¹⁶⁰Sm have been established for the first time through measuring the prompt γ-rays from spontaneous fission of ²⁵²Cf.The highest spin state is up to 16⁺.The collective band structures in these neutron-rich nuclei are discussed.     

Mixing of two-quasineutron and two-quasiproton Kπ=6+ configurations in the vicinity of 174Yb

In the framework of the projected shell model, we investigate the competition between the two-quasineutron and two-quasiproton K^π=6⁺ states in the ytterbium isotopes and N =104 isotones adjacent to ¹⁷⁴Yb. The ¹⁷⁴Yb results are compared with the experimental data.The K^π =6⁺ isomer observed in ¹⁷⁴ Yb is assigned as an admixture of the ν7/2^-[514] ν5/2^-[512] and π7/2⁺ [404]π5/2⁺ [402] intrinsic structure, which explains the experimental |g K-g R | value. Similar mixing would appear in ¹⁷⁴ Yb, ¹⁷⁶ Hf,and ¹⁷⁸ W. The low-lying K^π=6⁺ states are also predicted in ^170-178 Yb.     

(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⁺.     

(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.     

Microscopic Investigation of High-Spin States for Even-Even Nuclei(Ⅱ) Application to isotones 154Dy,156Er and 158Yb

With the effective interactions consisting of a pairing force,a quadrupole pairing force and a quadrupole-quadrupole force among valence nucleons,the microscopic approach based on the generalized Dyson expansion theory is applied in studying both the low-lying and high spin states for the isotones ¹⁵⁴Dy,¹⁵⁶Er and ¹⁵⁸Yb.In the truncated state space,the configurations(sd)N and (sd)N-1,+neutron-pair are assumed,respectively,for the low-lying and high spin states,although the same values of strength parameters are taken in the numerical calculations in the two subspaces.The calculated results are in good agreement with experiment,especially the data of first backbendings are reproduced satisfactorily.     

关于162,164Er,164,166Yb,168Hf诸核的回弯机制

通过对相邻奇A核转动带的回弯行为的分析,无法肯定^162,164Er,^164,166Yb,¹⁶⁸Hf诸核的回弯机制。本文利用HFB推转模型,计算了这些核的排列角动量i（ω）和回弯的临界角频率ω_c,探讨了阻塞效应的影响,通过和实验值的比较,确定了它们出现回弯均是由于一对i_13/2中子转动排列的结果。     

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 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.     

133Sm和149Yb的β缓发质子衰变

利用⁴⁰Ca+⁹⁶Ru融合蒸发反应产生了近质子滴线核¹³³Sm, 配合氦喷嘴带传输系统采用“质子-γ”符合方法观测了它们的β缓发质子衰变, 其中包括半衰期、质子能谱、第二代子核低位态之间的γ跃迁, 并估计出衰变到第二代子核不同低位态的分支比. 通过统计理论拟合上述实验数据, 指认了¹³³Sm的自旋宇称的可能范围. 并用Woods-Saxon Strutinsky方法计算了限制组态的¹³³Sm的核势能面, 通过对比发现¹³³Sm的自旋宇称可能有两种成分:5/2⁺和1/2^－. 这一结果与2001年发表的¹³³Sm(EC+β⁺)衰变的简单衰变纲图是相容的. 此外用同一方法分析了2001年Eur. Phys.J.A12:1—4中发表的有关¹⁴⁹Yb的β缓发质子衰变实验数据, 由此指认了¹⁴⁹Yb的基态自旋宇称为1/2^－.     

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.     

Probe the Strength of Annihilation In BS→π＋π－ Decays Within QCD Factorization

Using the method of QCD factorization, we calculate the branching ratio and the CP violation for pure annihilation decay B_S→π^＋π^－ in the Standard Model. Meanwhile, we employ an effective gluon mass resulted in the study of the infrared behaviour of gluon propagators to avoid the soft endpoint divergence. We find that the CP-averaged branching ratio is about 1.24×10^－7, and the penguin diagram contributions is dominant in this process. The direct CP violation parameter is about －0.05, while the mixing-induced CP asymmetry is a quite large number of 0.18. Once these quantities can be measured in the future LHC-b experiments, studying such a process will enrich our knowledge on the dynamics of the charmless hadronic decay of B-meson and the property of gluon.     

The Study of α Emission Induced by 46.7MeV/u 12C on 58Ni、115In and 197Au

The energy spectra and angular distribution of α particles emitted from ¹²C induced reactions with ⁵⁸Ni,¹¹⁵In and ¹⁹⁷Au have been measured.Three moving sources of emitting α particle are clearly seen from invariant cross section distribution in velocity coordinates.The experimental data were analyzed by using three moving sources.Extracted parameters of the source with half-beam velocity are in agreement with the systematic values from Fermi Gas Model.The energy spectra and the extracted parameters for various targets are discussed.The low energy peak in energy spectra is possibly from the emitted α particle from equilibrium system after pre-equilibrium emission of target-like products.The energetic α particles are mainly from projectile fragmentation and projectile-like fragmentation.     

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.     

Complex Fragments Emitted in Reactions of 46．7MeV/u 12C on 197Au,115In and 58Ni

Energy spectra of complex fragments emitted in the reactions of 46.7MeV/u ¹²C with different targets ¹⁹⁷Au,¹¹⁵In and ⁵⁸Ni have been measured by telescopes,consisting of a gis ionization counter followed by a position Sensitive semiconductor detector.Tha most probable kinematical energies.E_p of complex fragments and temperature parameters of long－live intermediate systems have been deduced by complex fragment ernergy spectra.The experimental values of E_p are lower than the calculated ones by E=V_coul+2T.The experimental values of complex fragment yields can be reproduced by simple A.Friedman statistical evaporation model satisfactorily.     

Microscopic Mechanism of the Variation of the Ground Band Moments of Inertia with Neutron Numbers in 166—176Yb

Using the particle-number-conserving (PNC) method,the microscopic mechanism of the variation of the ground band moments of inertia with neutron numbers in ^166—176Yb is investigated in the cranked shell model (CSM).The K-structure and seniority structure of the PNC CSM wave function are analyzed carefully.The distribution of the low-lying high-j intruder pair-broken (v=2)K^π=1⁺ configurationsplays a crucial role for the magnitude of the ground band moments of inertia.