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
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.
PACS: 23.50.+z Decay by proton emission – / 27.60.+j 90 ⩽ A ⩽ 149 – / 21.10.Pc Single-particle levels and strength functions –
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