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Assignment of levels in 208Fr and 10- isomers in the odd-odd isotones 206At and 208Fr

Anna WilsonHirozumi WatanabeGregory LanePaul DavidsonGeorge DracoulisAidan ByrnePaivi NieminenPaivi NieminenTibor Kibedi

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsExcited stateIsotoneHadronNuclear fusionElectronAtomic physics

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Excited states in 208 Fr have been identified using the 197 Au( 16 O, 5n) 208 Fr reaction and a variety of time-correlated γ-ray and conversion electron spectroscopic techniques. Transitions above and below a τ = 623(16) ns 10 − isomer are placed in the level scheme. This isomer is analogous to that observed in the odd-odd isotone 206 At for which additional spectroscopic information is also obtained, including a precise lifetime of τ = 1173(30) ns. The γ-rays assigned to 208 Fr are the same as the main transitions erroneously assigned to 209 Fr in previous work.

10.1140/epja/i2009-10756-yhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2009-10756-y