Eur. Phys. J. A 12, 57-67 (2001)
Decay properties of neutron-deficient isotopes 256,257Db, 255Rf, 252,253Lr
F.P. Heßberger1, S. Hofmann1, D. Ackermann1, V. Ninov1, M. Leino2, G. Münzenberg1, S. Saro3, A. Lavrentev4, A.G. Popeko4, A.V. Yeremin4 and Ch. Stodel11 Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH, D-64220 Darmstadt, Germany
2 Physics Department, University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40351 Jyväskylä, Finland
3 Department of Nuclear Physics, Comenius University, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
4 Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR, 141 980 Dubna, Russia
f.p.hessberger@gsi.de
(Received: 10 January 2001 Communicated by J. Äystö)
Abstract
Isotopes of dubnium (element 105) with mass numbers A = 256, 257, and 258
were produced by the reaction
209Bi(50Ti,xn)
259-xDb (x=1,2,3) at projectile energies
of (4.59-5.08) AMeV. Excitation functions were measured
for the 1n, 2n and 3n evaporation channels.
The same position of the excitation function was
observed for the 1n channel as
for the previously measured 1n channel
of the reaction 208Pb(50Ti,1n)257Rf.
The measured 
-decay data
of 257Db and its daughter products resulted in the
identification of -decaying isomeric states in 257Db
and 253Lr.
Two new isotopes,
256Db and 252Lr, were produced
at the highest bombarding energies of 4.97 AMeV and
5.08 AMeV.
They were identified by delayed
- coincidences.
The measured half-lives are
(1.6+0.5-0.3) s for 256Db and
(0.36+0.11-0.07) s for 252Lr.
Besides -decay, a spontaneous fission activity of
T1/2=(2.3+1.1-0.6) s
was observed and attributed to an electron-capture branch of 256Db,
which feeds the fissioning nucleus 256Rf.
A branching ratio of
was obtained.
The isotope 255Rf was produced by
the reaction 207Pb(50Ti,2n)255Rf.
Improved decay data have been obtained by means of - and
-
spectroscopy.
23.60.+e - Alpha decay.
25.70.Jj - Fusion and fusion-fission reactions.
25.85.Ca - Spontaneous fission.
23.20.Lv - Gamma transitions and level energies.
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