Phys.Rev. C 92, 021301 (2015)

J.M.Gates, K.E.Gregorich, O.R.Gothe, E.C.Uribe, G.K.Pang, D.L.Bleuel, M.Block, R.M.Clark, C.M.Campbell, H.L.Crawford, M.Cromaz, A.Di Nitto, Ch.E.Dullmann, N.E.Esker, C.Fahlander, P.Fallon, R.M.Farjadi, U.Forsberg, J.Khuyagbaatar, W.Loveland, A.O.Macchiavelli, E.M.May, P.R.Mudder, D.T.Olive, A.C.Rice, J.Rissanen, D.Rudolph, L.G.Sarmiento, J.A.Shusterman, M.A.Stoyer, A.Wiens, A.Yakushev, H.Nitsche

Decay spectroscopy of element 115 daughters: ²⁸⁰Rg → ²⁷⁶Mt and ²⁷⁶Mt → ²⁷²Bh

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ²⁴³Am(⁴⁸Ca, 3n)²⁸⁸Mc, E=262 MeV; measured evaporation residues (EVRs) by magnetic rigidities, Eα, SF-like events, decay chains using corner-cube-clover (C3) focal plane detector consisting of silicon-strip detectors surrounded by HPGe clover-type detectors, and DSSSDs for α particles at LBNL cyclotron facility; deduced data for forty-six decay chains from the decay of ²⁸⁸Mc and its α daughter products ²⁸⁴Nh, ²⁸⁰Rg, ²⁷⁶Mt, ²⁷²Bh, ²⁶⁸Db, the ²⁶⁸Db decaying by SF events.

RADIOACTIVITY ²⁷⁶Mt, ²⁸⁰Rg(α)[from α decay chain of ²⁸⁸Mc formed in ²⁴³Am(⁴⁸Ca, 3n), E=262 MeV at LBNL cyclotron facility]; measured Eα, Iα, Eγ, Iγ, E(x rays), αγ-, α(x ray)-, γγ-coin, half-lives of ²⁷⁶Mt and ²⁸⁰Rg isotopes. ²⁷²Bh, ²⁷⁶Mt; deduced levels, multipolarities, α hindrance factors. GEANT4 simulations of α and photon spectra. No K-x rays were definitely assigned thus uncertain Z identification.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.92.021301