Abstract
The β decay of Te90142 to I89142 was investigated for the first time. The parent nucleus was produced by the in-flight fission of a U238 beam with an energy of 345 MeV per nucleon, impinging on a Be9 target at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory of RIKEN. Excited states in I142 were established by β-delayed γ-ray spectroscopy. The observed (1+) states in I142 could be interpreted to be predominantly the ν0h9/2 - π0h11/2 configuration formed by a Gamow-Teller transition between a neutron in the 0h9/2 orbital and a proton in the 0h11/2 orbital. Additional features of the (1+) states are discussed by comparing with neighboring heavier isotones, such as Cs144 and La146. In the context of deformed shell-model calculations, the (11+) state is closely related to the ν[5,3,2]3/2 - π[5,5,0]1/2 configuration, which may be related to the weak Gamow-Teller transition strength.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 014311 |
Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 Jan |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics