Phys.Rev.Lett. 127, 202501 (2021)

D.T.Doherty, A.N.Andreyev, D.Seweryniak, P.J.Woods, M.P.Carpenter, K.Auranen, A.D.Ayangeakaa, B.B.Back, S.Bottoni, L.Canete, J.G.Cubiss, J.Harker, T.Haylett, T.Huang, R.V.F.Janssens, D.G.Jenkins, F.G.Kondev, T.Lauritsen, C.Lederer-Woods, J.Li, C.Muller-Gatermann, D.Potterveld, W.Reviol, G.Savard, S.Stolze, S.Zhu

Solving the Puzzles of the Decay of the Heaviest Known Proton-Emitting Nucleus ¹⁸⁵Bi

RADIOACTIVITY ¹⁸⁵Bi(p), (α), (IT) [from ⁹⁵Mo(⁹³Nb, 3n), E=424 MeV]; measured decay products, Eγ, Iγ, Eα, Iα, Ep, Ip, α-γ- and π-γ-coin.; deduced γ-ray energies, decay levels schemes, T_1/2, high-spin states, reassignment of the ground-state lifetime, proton-decay spectroscopic factor. Fragment Mass Analyzer and Argonne Gas-Filled Analyzer at Argonne National Laboratory's ATLAS facility.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.202501