New nanosecond isomers identified with the AFRODITE array

E. Gueorguieva; J. J. Lawrie; P. Mutshena; M. Benatar; W. Damon; P. Kwinana; G. K. Mabala; S. Mukherjee; S. M. Mullins; N. J. Ncapayi; R. T. Newman; D. G. Roux; F. D. Smit; J. F. Sharpey-Schafer; Z. Vilakazi; P. Vymers

doi:10.1140/epja/i2002-10320-5

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New nanosecond isomers identified with the AFRODITE array

E. Gueorguieva¹^*, J. J. Lawrie¹, P. Mutshena¹^,2, M. Benatar¹^,2, W. Damon¹^,3, P. Kwinana¹^,4, G. K. Mabala¹^,2, S. Mukherjee¹, S. M. Mullins¹, N. J. Ncapayi¹^,4, R. T. Newman¹, D. G. Roux¹^,2, F. D. Smit¹, J. F. Sharpey-Schafer¹, Z. Vilakazi² and P. Vymers¹^,3

¹ iThemba LABS (Previously known as the National Accelerator Centre), P.O. Box 722, 7129, Somerset West, South Africa
² University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7701, Rondebosch, South Africa
³ University of the Western Cape, 7535, Bellville, South Africa
⁴ University of Stellenbosch, 7600, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Abstract

The Recoil Shadow Anisotropy Method for measuring nanosecond lifetimes is being implemented on the AFRODITE array and four new isomers were found in ^198,200Bi, ¹⁶⁴Ta and ¹⁶²Lu.

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New nanosecond isomers identified with the AFRODITE array

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