학술논문
Production cross section and decay study of $^{243}$Es and $^{249}$Md
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Working Paper
Author
Briselet, R.; Theisen, Ch.; Vandebrouck, M.; Marchix, A.; Airiau, M.; Auranen, K.; Badran, H.; Boilley, D.; Calverley, T.; Cox, D.; Déchery, F.; Bisso, F. Defranchi; Drouart, A.; Gall, B.; Goigoux, T.; Grahn, T.; Greenlees, P. T.; Hauschild, K.; Herzan, A.; Herzberg, R. D.; Jakobsson, U.; Julin, R.; Juutinen, S.; Konki, J.; Leino, M.; Lightfoot, A.; Lopez-Martens, A.; Mistry, A.; Nieminen, P.; Pakarinen, J.; Papadakis, P.; Partanen, J.; Peura, P.; Rahkila, P.; Rubert, J.; Ruotsalainen, P.; Sandzelius, M.; Saren, J.; Scholey, C.; Sorri, J.; Stolze, S.; Sulignano, B.; Uusitalo, J.; Ward, A.; Zielińska, M.
Source
Phys. Rev. C 99, 024614 (2019)
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Abstract
In the study of the odd-$Z$, even-$N$ nuclei $^{243}$Es and $^{249}$Md, performed at the University of Jyv\"askyl\"a, the fusion-evaporation reactions $^{197}$Au($^{48}$Ca,2$n$)$^{243}$Es and $^{203}$Tl($^{48}$Ca,2$n$)$^{249}$Md have been used for the first time. Fusion-evaporation residues were selected and detected using the RITU gas-filled separator coupled with the focal-plane spectrometer GREAT. For $^{243}$Es, the recoil decay correlation analysis yielded a half-life of $24 \pm 3$s, and a maximum production cross section of $37 \pm 10$ nb. In the same way, a half-life of $26 \pm 1$ s, an $\alpha$ branching ratio of 75 $\pm$ 5%, and a maximum production cross section of 300 $\pm$ 80 nb were determined for $^{249}$Md. The decay properties of $^{245}$Es, the daughter of $^{249}$Md, were also measured: an $\alpha$ branching ratio of 54 $\pm$ 7% and a half-life of 65 $\pm$ 6 s. Experimental cross sections were compared to the results of calculations performed using the KEWPIE2 statistical fusion-evaporation code.