{"title":"Nuclear Structure and Decay Data for A=169 Isobars","authors":"M. Shamsuzzoha Basunia","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2026.02.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Experimental data pertaining to all nuclei with mass number A=169 (Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt) have been evaluated. Level schemes from both radioactive decay and reaction studies are presented, along with associated tables of experimental data and adopted properties for levels and <em>γ</em> rays. The present evaluation for A=169 supersedes the 2008 evaluation, 2008Ba31, by C.M. Baglin.</div><div>A few highlights of this evaluation:</div><div>More extensive work on <em>ε</em> decay from <sup>169</sup>W is needed and new experimental work will be required to resolve a discrepancy between the J<sup><em>π</em></sup> values deduced for a 180-keV level in <sup>169</sup>Ta based on extensive band structure from (HI,xn<em>γ</em>) work (J<sup><em>π</em></sup>=1/2<sup>−</sup>) and TDPAD measurements (J=5/2).</div><div>Low lying states of <sup>169</sup>Os were studied via fine structure of <sup>173</sup>Pt <em>α</em> decay in 2014ThZZ. The E<em>α</em>s feeding the g.s. of <sup>169</sup>Os in 2008Ba31 are separated well into two consistent groups to feed the g.s. and the newly proposed state at 34.84 keV. Based on the studies of 2014ThZZ and 2021Zh52, the g.s. spin-parity assignment of <sup>169</sup>Os has been proposed to be (7/2<sup>−</sup>) from (5/2<sup>−</sup>).</div><div>The <sup>169</sup>Ir g.s. half-life and alpha emission branching reported in 2012Th13 from <sup>173</sup>Au <em>α</em> decay measurements are preferred over the values in 2005Sc22. The reported half-life value in 2005Sc22 for <sup>169</sup>Ir g.s. is discrepant and the research work was carried out in the same lab of 2012Th13.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"209 ","pages":"Pages 1-408"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nuclear Data Sheets","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0090375226000153","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/3/4 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Experimental data pertaining to all nuclei with mass number A=169 (Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt) have been evaluated. Level schemes from both radioactive decay and reaction studies are presented, along with associated tables of experimental data and adopted properties for levels and γ rays. The present evaluation for A=169 supersedes the 2008 evaluation, 2008Ba31, by C.M. Baglin.
A few highlights of this evaluation:
More extensive work on ε decay from 169W is needed and new experimental work will be required to resolve a discrepancy between the Jπ values deduced for a 180-keV level in 169Ta based on extensive band structure from (HI,xnγ) work (Jπ=1/2−) and TDPAD measurements (J=5/2).
Low lying states of 169Os were studied via fine structure of 173Pt α decay in 2014ThZZ. The Eαs feeding the g.s. of 169Os in 2008Ba31 are separated well into two consistent groups to feed the g.s. and the newly proposed state at 34.84 keV. Based on the studies of 2014ThZZ and 2021Zh52, the g.s. spin-parity assignment of 169Os has been proposed to be (7/2−) from (5/2−).
The 169Ir g.s. half-life and alpha emission branching reported in 2012Th13 from 173Au α decay measurements are preferred over the values in 2005Sc22. The reported half-life value in 2005Sc22 for 169Ir g.s. is discrepant and the research work was carried out in the same lab of 2012Th13.
期刊介绍:
The Nuclear Data Sheets are current and are published monthly. They are devoted to compilation and evaluations of experimental and theoretical results in Nuclear Physics. The journal is mostly produced from Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF), a computer file maintained by the US National Nuclear Data Center