Phys.Rev. C 106, 024317 (2022)

W.Q.Zhang, A.N.Andreyev, Z.Liu, D.Seweryniak, H.Huang, Z.H.Li, J.G.Li, C.Y.Guo, A.E.Barzakh, P.Van Duppen, M.Al Monthery, B.Andel, S.Antalic, M.Block, A.Bronis, M.P.Carpenter, P.Copp, J.G.Cubiss, B.Ding, D.T.Doherty, Z.Favier, F.Giacoppo, T.H.Huang, B.Kindler, F.G.Kondev, T.Lauritsen, G.S.Li, B.Lommel, H.Y.Lu, P.Mosat, Y.F.Niu, C.Raison, W.Reviol, G.Savard, S.Stolze, G.L.Wilson, H.Y.Wu, Z.H.Wang, F.R.Xu, X.H.Yu, Q.B.Zeng, X.H.Zhou

Identification of excited states in ¹⁸⁸Bi and ¹⁸⁸Po

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹⁴²Nd(⁵⁰Cr, 3np)¹⁸⁸Bi, (⁵⁰Cr, 4n)¹⁸⁸Po, E=255 MeV; measured evaporation residues (EVRs), Eα, Eγ, Iγ, x rays, (EVR)γ-coin, αγ-coin, γγ-coin, using four clover HPGe detectors, Gammasphere array with 64 Compton-suppressed HPGe detectors, and DSSD and DSSD+Sibox at the ATLAS-ANL accelerator facility. ^{186,187,187m,188}Pb, ^189,189mBi; deduced recoil-decay tagging (RDT) γ-ray yields. ¹⁸⁸Bi; deduced levels, J, π, isomer, T_1/2 and decay modes of isomer, K-conversion coefficients, multipolarities, configurations. ¹⁸⁸Po; deduced energy of the first 2+ level. ¹⁸⁶Pb; deduced levels, J, π. ^183,184,186Hg, ^{186,187,187m,188}Pb, ^188,189,189mBi; observed Eα. Systematics of 9/2-, 1/2+, 7/2- and 13/2+ level energies in ^{185,187,189,191,193,195}Bi, and those of first 2+, 4+, 6+ and 8+, second 0+, 2+ and 4+ in ^{188,190,192,194,196,198,200,202,204,206,208,210}Po.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.106.024317