EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2016)

β-decay spectroscopy of neutron-rich 160,161,162Sm isotopes

  • Patel Z.,
  • Podolyák Zs.,
  • Walker P. M.,
  • Regan P. H.,
  • Söderström P.-A.,
  • Watanabe H.,
  • Ideguchi E.,
  • Simpson G. S.,
  • Nishimura S.,
  • Browne F.,
  • Doornenbal P.,
  • Lorusso G.,
  • Rice S.,
  • Sinclair L.,
  • Sumikama T.,
  • Wu J.,
  • Xu Z. Y.,
  • Aoi N.,
  • Baba H.,
  • Bello Garrote F. L.,
  • Benzoni G.,
  • Daido R.,
  • Dombrádi Zs.,
  • Fang Y.,
  • Fukuda N.,
  • Gey G.,
  • Go S.,
  • Gottardo A.,
  • Inabe N.,
  • Isobe T.,
  • Kameda D.,
  • Kobayashi K.,
  • Kobayashi M.,
  • Komatsubara T.,
  • Kojouharov I.,
  • Kubo T.,
  • Kurz N.,
  • Kuti I.,
  • Li Z.,
  • Liu H. L,
  • Matsushita M.,
  • Michimasa S.,
  • Moon C.-B.,
  • Nishizuka H.,
  • Nishizuka I.,
  • Odahara A.,
  • Şahin E.,
  • Sakurai H.,
  • Schaffner H.,
  • Suzuki H.,
  • Takeda H.,
  • Tanaka M.,
  • Taprogge J.,
  • Vajta Zs.,
  • Xu F. R.,
  • Yagi A.,
  • Yokoyama R.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612302002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 123
p. 02002

Abstract

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Neutron-rich 160,161,162Sm isotopes have been populated at the RIBF, RIKEN via β first time. β-coincident γ rays were observed in all three isotopes including γ rays from the isomeric decay of 160Sm and 162Sm. The isomers in 160Sm and 162Sm have previously been observed but have been populated via β decay for the first time. The isomeric state in 162Sm is assigned a 4−v72+[ 633 ]⊗v12−[ 521 ]${4^ - }v{{7 \over 2}^ + }\left[ {633} \right] \otimes v{{1 \over 2}^ - }\left[ {521} \right]$ configuration based on the decay pattern. The level schemes of 160Sm and 162Sm are presented. The ground states in the parent nuclei 160Pm and 162Pm are both assigned a 6−v72+[633]⊗π52−[532]${6^ - }v{{7 \over 2}^ + }\left[ {633} \right] \otimes \pi {{5 \over 2}^ - }\left[ {532} \right]$ configuration based on the population of states in the daughter nuclei. Blocked BCS calculations were performed to further investigate the spin-parities of the ground states in 160Pm, 161Pm, and 162Pm, and the isomeric state in 162Sm