Discovery and Cross-Section Measurement of Neutron-Rich Isotopes in the Element Range from Neodymium to Platinum at the FRS
Abstract
With a new detector setup and the high-resolution performance of the fragment separator FRS at GSI we discovered 57 new isotopes in the atomic number range of 60≤ Z ≤ 78: 159-161Nb, 160-163Pm, 163-166Sm, 167-168Eu, 167-171Gd, 169-171Tb, 171-174Dy, 173-176Ho, 176-178Er, 178-181Tm, 183-185Yb, 187-188Lu, 191Hf, 193-194Ta, 196-197W, 199-200Re, 201-203Os, 204-205Ir and 206-209Pt. The new isotopes have been unambiguously identified in reactions with a 238U beam impinging on a Be target at 1 GeV/u. The isotopic production cross-section for the new isotopes have been measured and compared with predictions of different model calculations. In general, the ABRABLA and COFRA models agree better than a factor of two with the new data, whereas the semiempirical EPAX model deviates much more. Projectile fragmentation is the dominant reaction creating the new isotopes, whereas fission contributes significantly only up to about the element holmium.
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