Eur. Phys. J. A (2005) 25: 149-150
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjad/i2005-06-010-8

ENAM 2004

Study of fine structure in the proton radioactivity of ¹⁴⁶Tm

¹ UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
² University of Tennessee, 37996, Knoxville, TN, USA
³ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
⁴ Vanderbilt University, 37235, Nashville, TN, USA
⁵ NSCL/Michigan State University, 48824, MI, USA
⁶ Department of Physics, Tohoku University, 980-8578, Sendai, Japan
⁷ Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Pl-00681, Warsaw, Poland
⁸ Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, 37831, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
⁹ Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
¹⁰ Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA

^* e-mail: batcheld@mail.phy.ornl.gov

Received: 4 November 2004
Accepted: 18 February 2005
Published online: 14 April 2005

Abstract

Measurement of fine structure in proton emission allows one to deduce the composition of the parent and daughter state’s wavefunction populated by proton emission. This paper presents new experimental data on the fine-structure decay of ¹⁴⁶Tm, and a new interpretation of its decay properties.