Fermi superallowed β+ decays and T=1 ground states of heavy odd-odd N=Z nuclei

J. Garcés Narro, C. Longour, P.H. Regan, B. Blank, C.J. Pearson, M. Lewitowicz, C. Miehé, W. Gelletly, D. Appelbe, L. Axelsson, Alison Bruce, W.N. Catford, C. Chandler, R.M. Clark, D.M. Cullen, S. Czajkowski, J.M. Daugas, P. Dessagne, A. Fleury, L. FranklandJ, Giovinazzo, B. Greenhalgh, R. Grzywacz, Marie Harder, K.L. Jones, N. Kelsall, T. Kszczot, R.D. Page, A.T. Reed, O. Sorlin, R. Wadsworth

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Abstract

The β+-decay half-lives of the neutron-deficient odd-odd N=Z nuclei 74Rb, 78Y, 82Nb, and 86Tc have been measured following the fragmentation of a primary 92Mo beam at an energy of 60 MeV per nucleon at the GANIL laboratory, France. This was achieved by correlating β+ decays with the implantation of unambiguously identified fragments at the final focus of the LISE3 separator. The deduced log10 ft1/2 values are consistent with 0+→0+, Fermi superallowed transitions, which together with the measured β+-detection efficiencies, suggest T=1, Iπ=0+ ground states for these odd-odd N=Z nuclei. These data represent the heaviest N=Z systems for which Fermi superallowed decays have been established.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume63
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2001

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