A1 Journal article (refereed)
Nanosecond-Scale Proton Emission from Strongly Oblate-Deformed 149Lu (2022)

Auranen, K., Briscoe, A. D., Ferreira, L. S., Grahn, T., Greenlees, P. T., Herzáň, A., Illana, A., Joss, D. T., Joukainen, H., Julin, R., Jutila, H., Leino, M., Louko, J., Luoma, M., Maglione, E., Ojala, J., Page, R. D., Pakarinen, J., Rahkila, P., . . . Zimba, G. (2022). Nanosecond-Scale Proton Emission from Strongly Oblate-Deformed 149Lu. Physical Review Letters, 128(11), Article 112501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.112501

JYU authors or editors

Auranen, Kalle
Briscoe, Andrew
Grahn, Tuomas
Greenlees, Paul
Illana Sison, Andres
Joukainen, Henna
Julin, Rauno
Jutila, Henri
Leino, Matti
Louko, Jussi
Luoma, Minna
Ojala, Joonas
Pakarinen, Janne
Rahkila, Panu
Romero Fernández, Jorge
Ruotsalainen, Panu
Sandzelius, Mikael
Saren, Jan
Tolosa Delgado, Alvaro
Uusitalo, Juha
Zimba, George

Publication details

All authors or editors: Auranen, K.; Briscoe, A. D.; Ferreira, L. S.; Grahn, T.; Greenlees, P. T.; Herzáň, A.; Illana, A.; Joss, D. T.; Joukainen, H.; Julin, R.; et al.

Journal or series: Physical Review Letters

ISSN: 0031-9007

eISSN: 1079-7114

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 16/03/2022

Volume: 128

Issue number: 11

Article number: 112501

Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.112501

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/81624

Abstract

Using the fusion-evaporation reaction 96Ru(58Ni,p4n)149Lu and the MARA vacuum-mode recoil separator, a new proton-emitting isotope 149Lu has been identified. The measured decay Q value of 1920(20) keV is the highest measured for a ground-state proton decay, and it naturally leads to the shortest directly measured half-life of 450+170−100 ns for a ground-state proton emitter. The decay rate is consistent with lp=5 emission, suggesting a dominant πh11/2 component for the wave function of the proton-emitting state. Through nonadiabatic quasiparticle calculations it was concluded that 149Lu is the most oblate deformed proton emitter observed to date.

Keywords: nuclear physics; emission (physics); protons

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