Direct observation of the exotic β-γ-α decay mode in the Tz =-1 nucleus 20Na

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Wang, Y. B. [1 ]
Su, J. [2 ]
Han, Z. Y. [1 ]
Tang, B. [1 ]
Cui, B. Q. [1 ]
Ge, T. [1 ]
Lyu, Y. L. [1 ]
Brown, B. A. [3 ,4 ]
Yuan, C. X. [5 ]
Chen, L. H. [1 ]
Chen, Z. Q. [6 ]
Dai, B. [6 ]
Guo, B. [1 ]
Li, X. Y. [1 ]
Li, Y. J. [1 ]
Li, Z. H. [1 ]
Lian, G. [1 ]
Ma, R. G. [1 ]
Ma, T. L. [1 ]
Ma, X. [1 ]
Nan, D. [1 ]
Shen, Y. P. [1 ]
Su, Y. [1 ]
Wang, C. G. [6 ]
Wu, H. Y. [6 ]
Xu, F. R. [6 ]
Yan, S. Q. [1 ]
Zeng, S. [1 ]
Zhang, H. [1 ]
Zhang, L. [1 ]
Zheng, Y. [1 ]
Zhou, C. [7 ]
Dang, Y. L. [1 ]
Fu, G. Y. [1 ]
He, Y. F. [1 ]
Liu, F. L. [1 ]
Wu, D. [1 ]
Zhang, T. J. [1 ]
Liu, W. P. [1 ]
机构
[1] China Inst Atom Energy, POB 275 10, Beijing 102413, Peoples R China
[2] Beijing Normal Univ, Coll Nucl Sci & Technol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
[3] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[4] Michigan State Univ, Natl Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[5] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sino French Inst Nucl Engn & Technol, Zhuhai 519082, Peoples R China
[6] Peking Univ, Sch Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
[7] Univ South China, Sch Nucl Sci & Technol, Hengyang 421001, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
ENERGY-LEVELS; STATE; NE-20; RADIOACTIVITY; BEAM; SPIN;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevC.103.L011301
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
The exotic beta-gamma-alpha decay mode of Na-20 has been directly observed for the first time in the Day-one experiment at the Beijing Radioactive Ion-beam Facility. The Na-20 source was produced by using a 100-MeV proton beam bombarding a stack of microporous MgO thick target and delivered as an intense mass separated beam after online ionization. A high-efficiency simultaneous measurement of beta, gamma, and alpha transitions enables the beta-delayed gamma-gamma and alpha-gamma coincidence spectroscopy. Three beta-gamma-alpha exotic decay sequences in Na-20 are discovered, which expands the rare decay modes observed in beta decay. Moreover, a beta-alpha-decay sequence to the 6130-keV 3(-) state of O-16 is observed, which is likely through the 12 367-keV 1(+) state in Ne-20. The experimentally deduced B(F) and B(GT) are compared to the shell-model calculation, the allowed beta transition strengths can be well accounted for by using sd shell-model space interactions.
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