{"title":"Nuclear Structure and Decay Data for A=231 Isobars","authors":"Balraj Singh , Jagdish K. Tuli , Edgardo Browne","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present evaluation of currently known nine nuclides of A=231: (<sup>231</sup>Rn, <sup>233</sup>Fr, <sup>231</sup>Ra, <sup>231</sup>Ac, <sup>231</sup>Th, <sup>231</sup>Pa, <sup>231</sup>U, <sup>231</sup>Np and <sup>231</sup>Pu) represents an update and revision of previous A=231 evaluation by 2013Br04. All the known decay and reaction data are evaluated, with recommended properties given in the Adopted Levels, Gammas datasets, for gamma-ray energies, photon branching ratios, level half-lives, spins, parities, transition probabilities, and configuration assignments. For <sup>231</sup>Rn, only an identification of the nuclide has been made without an experimental determination of its half-life. For <sup>231</sup>Fr, no excited states are known. About 30 levels in <sup>231</sup>Ra up to 1774 keV excitation are known only from <em>β</em><sup>−</sup> decay of <sup>231</sup>Fr with level half-lives determined for five excited states. For <sup>231</sup>Ac, excited states up to 3122 keV are known from <em>β</em><sup>−</sup> decay, (t,<em>α</em>), and fragmentary information for high-spin levels from two heavy-ion reaction studies, with lifetimes of excited states measured for five levels. Extensive structure and rotational band information for <sup>231</sup>Th is available for a large number of levels up to 1714 keV from <em>β</em><sup>−</sup> and <em>α</em> decays, (n,<em>γ</em>) thermal and resonance, single-particle transfer reactions (d,p), (d,t) and (<sup>3</sup>He,<em>α</em>), with limited data for high-spin levels from one secondary reference, and half-lives available for five excited states. Very detailed structure data are available for <sup>231</sup>Pa up to 2139 keV from <em>β</em><sup>−</sup>, <em>ε</em> and <em>α</em> decays, (<em>α</em>,t), (d,d′) and high-spin data from heavy-ion Coulomb excitation and (p,2n<em>γ</em>) reaction, with level half-lives known for 34 excited states, mostly deduced by evaluators from transition probabilities determined in Coulomb excitation. Only eight excited states are known in <sup>231</sup>U up to 1268 keV from <em>ε</em> and <em>α</em> decays, with no data for half-lives of excited states. For <sup>231</sup>Np and <sup>231</sup>Pu, only the ground-state is known from <em>α</em> decays, with a tentative level at 324 keV in <sup>231</sup>Pu. Measurements of nuclear rms charge radius and isotope shifts for <sup>231</sup>Ra have been made by 2018Ly01, and that for rms charge radius for <sup>231</sup>Fr by 2014Bu06.</p><p><sup>235</sup>U is a well known nuclide for nuclear structure and reactor applications. There have been a large number of studies of its alpha decay to levels in <sup>231</sup>Th, including some recent ones such as 2018Ma03 and 2017Le03, yet evaluators' analysis of the decay scheme suggests that, while <em>α</em>-particle transitions are well established, but several issues still remain about intricacies of gamma-ray and conversion electron spectroscopy which need to be resolved thr","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"185 ","pages":"Pages 560-830"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46386411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Structure and Decay Data for A=149 Isobars","authors":"Balraj Singh , Jun Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Experimental nuclear structure and decay data are evaluated for all the 17 known nuclides of mass 149 (Xe, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb). Detailed compiled and evaluated spectroscopic information is presented for each reaction and decay dataset, and recommended values are provided for level properties, <em>α</em>, <em>β</em> and <em>γ</em> radiations, and other spectroscopic parameters, based on an evaluation of all the available experimental data for A=149 isobaric nuclides. Although large amounts of nuclear spectroscopic data are available for nuclides of A=149, yet large gaps in knowledge exist, as described below. For the lowest atomic number nuclide <sup>149</sup>Xe, only the isotopic identification has been made, with no data for its ground-state half-life. For <sup>149</sup>Cs, <sup>149</sup>Tm and <sup>149</sup>Yb information is available for only the respective ground states. For <sup>149</sup>Ba, <sup>149</sup>La and <sup>149</sup>Er, limited data exist for excited states. Many of the decay schemes of radioactive nuclei of A=149 are considered as incomplete, either due to large energy differences between the highest observed excited states in daughter nuclides and the respective Q-values, or due to the lack of confirmed <em>γ</em>-ray data, as listed below: <sup>149</sup>Cs → <sup>149</sup>Ba, <sup>149</sup>Ba → <sup>149</sup>La, <sup>149</sup>La → <sup>149</sup>Ce, <sup>149</sup>Ce → <sup>149</sup>Pr, <sup>149</sup>Pr → <sup>149</sup>Nd, <sup>149</sup>Tb(4.17 min) → <sup>149</sup>Gd, <sup>149</sup>Ho(21.0 s and 56 s) → <sup>149</sup>Dy, <sup>149</sup>Er(4 s and 9.6 s) → <sup>149</sup>Ho, and <sup>149</sup>Tm → <sup>149</sup>Er. No data exist for the decay of <sup>149</sup>Yb to <sup>149</sup>Tm. Data for half-lives of the excited states in this mass chain are generally lacking as given below by the number of excited levels of known half-life / approximate number of known levels in a nuclide: 2/17 for <sup>149</sup>Ba, 0/18 for <sup>149</sup>La, 3/53 for <sup>149</sup>Ce, 3/44 for <sup>149</sup>Pr, 17/110 for <sup>149</sup>Nd, 9/90 for <sup>149</sup>Pm, 10/210 for <sup>149</sup>Sm, 2/125 for <sup>149</sup>Eu, 6/270 for <sup>149</sup>Gd, 5/200 for <sup>149</sup>Tb, 3/80 for <sup>149</sup>Dy, 3/90 for <sup>149</sup>Ho, and 3/14 for <sup>149</sup>Er. This work supersedes earlier evaluations of A=149 nuclides published by 2004Si16, 1994Si18, 1985Sz01 and 1976Ho17.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"185 ","pages":"Pages 2-559"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48998279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Data Sheets Symbols and Abbreviations","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00052-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00052-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"185 ","pages":"Page IBC"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137392054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M.E. Moore , J. Latta , L. Snyder , B.G. Fulsom , U. Greife , S.M. Lyons , L.S. Wood , D.L. Duke , The FissionTPC IFPY Collaboration, M. Anastasiou , J.S. Barrett , N.S. Bowden , J. Bundgaard , R.J. Casperson , T. Classen , D.H. Dongwi , J. Gearhart , V. Geppert-Kleinrath , U. Greife , M. Haseman , L. Yao
{"title":"Stopping Force Analysis of 235U Elemental Fission Product Yields for En = 0.11–92.4 MeV","authors":"M.E. Moore , J. Latta , L. Snyder , B.G. Fulsom , U. Greife , S.M. Lyons , L.S. Wood , D.L. Duke , The FissionTPC IFPY Collaboration, M. Anastasiou , J.S. Barrett , N.S. Bowden , J. Bundgaard , R.J. Casperson , T. Classen , D.H. Dongwi , J. Gearhart , V. Geppert-Kleinrath , U. Greife , M. Haseman , L. Yao","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Most evaluated elemental fission product yield distributions are not experimentally measured. Instead, the majority of evaluated distributions are based on analytic expressions of the <em>Zp</em>-model for relevant cumulative yields. Here we report independent elemental fission product yield distributions of a <sup>235</sup>U target for incident neutron energies ranging from 0.11 MeV through 92.4 MeV. Atomic numbers are calculated by an approach that combines a 2<em>E</em> analysis with a stopping force analysis method, developed within this paper. These analyses are applied to more than 6.1 × 10<sup>6</sup> fission fragment ionization tracks captured within the NIFFTE (Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment) collaboration fission time projection chamber (fissionTPC). A 3-Z resolution was obtained with the fissionTPC spatial and energy resolutions. Tabulated results are presented for the atomic yield and experimentally derived <em>Zp</em> values as a function of pre-neutron-emission fragment masses for the complete range of incident neutron energies. The stopping-force-derived <em>Zp</em> values tend to support the unchanged charge distribution theory within uncertainty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"184 ","pages":"Pages 1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46652549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Data Sheets Symbols and Abbreviations","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00044-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00044-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"184 ","pages":"Page IBC"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137075207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Structure and Decay Data for A=31 Isobars","authors":"Jun Chen , Balraj Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Experimental nuclear spectroscopic data are evaluated for 11 known nuclides of mass 31 (F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, K). Detailed evaluated information is presented for each reaction and decay experiment. Combining all the available data, recommended values are provided for energies, spins and parities, and half-lives of levels, with energies, branching ratios and multipolarities of <em>γ</em> radiations, and characteristics of <em>β</em> and <em>α</em> radiations in radioactive decays. <sup>31</sup>P is the most extensively studied one among all nuclides via various reactions and decays, followed by <sup>31</sup>S, <sup>31</sup>Si, <sup>31</sup>Mg and <sup>31</sup>Al. Information for excited states in <sup>31</sup>Ne, <sup>31</sup>Na, <sup>31</sup>Cl, <sup>31</sup>Ar and <sup>31</sup>K are limited; no excited states have yet been identified in <sup>31</sup>F, even its ground-state half-life is unknown. Significant new data have become available for the structure of <sup>31</sup>S, with its relevance to astrophysical applications. This work supersedes the earlier evaluation of A=31 by 2013Ou01, with literature cutoff date of Feb 15, 2013.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"184 ","pages":"Pages 29-405"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46573944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Data Sheets Symbols and Abbreviations","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00036-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00036-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"183 ","pages":"Page IBC"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137398463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Data Sheets for A=186","authors":"J.C. Batchelder, A.M. Hurst, M.S. Basunia","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Evaluated spectroscopic data and level schemes from radioactive decay and nuclear reaction studies are presented for <sup>186</sup>Lu, <sup>186</sup>Hf, <sup>186</sup>Ta, <sup>186</sup>W, <sup>186</sup>Re, <sup>186</sup>Os, <sup>186</sup>Ir, <sup>186</sup>Pt, <sup>186</sup>Au, <sup>186</sup>Hg, <sup>186</sup>Tl, <sup>186</sup>Pb, <sup>186</sup>Bi, and <sup>186</sup>Po. This evaluation for A=186 supersedes the earlier evaluation 2003Ba44 by C. M. Baglin. Highlights of this evaluation are the following: <sup>186</sup>Re: Revised %<em>ε</em> and %<em>β</em><sup>−</sup> branches. New values are almost same as of the earlier ones. Adopted improved level energy for the long-lived (8<sup>+</sup>) isomer at 148.2 keV 5 based on the study reported in 2015Ma60 (<sup>187</sup>Re(n, 2n<em>γ</em>)) compared to 149 keV 7 in previous evaluation (2003Ba44). <sup>186</sup>Hg: Discrepancies in the level schemes between 1992Po01 and 1993Ma02 remain to resolve experimentally, arise primarily due to the assigned multipolarity of the ≈607 keV <em>γ</em> transition between the 1228 keV bandhead and the 2<sup>+</sup> 621 keV level. See general comments in Adopted Levels, Gammas dataset. <sup>186</sup>Tl: From <em>α</em> decay studies, 2020St11 propose spin-parity (2<sup>−</sup>) for the g.s. and (7<sup>+</sup>) for the excited level at 0.0+x of level energy of 77 keV 56. From mass measurements, 2014Bo26 propose the (7<sup>−</sup>) level energy of 20 keV 40 earlier.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"183 ","pages":"Pages 1-346"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45908415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Data Sheets for A=267,271,275,279,283,287,291,295,299","authors":"C. Morse","doi":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nds.2022.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Information on the production, identification, half-lives and decay modes for experimentally known nuclides with mass numbers of 267, 271, 275, 279, 283, 287, and 291, along with attempts to observe nuclides with mass numbers of 295 and 299, are presented along with the recommended values. Data here supersede data from the previous evaluation in this region, 2005Gu33. Since the previous evaluation many new and conclusive experiments have explored the region of superheavy nuclei, thus significantly expanding our knowledge of the nuclear chart in this area.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"182 ","pages":"Pages 130-166"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0090375222000187/pdf?md5=249b7eea1c6158af079e47d7b6806f1e&pid=1-s2.0-S0090375222000187-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46183989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Data Sheets Symbols and Abbreviations","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00024-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0090-3752(22)00024-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49735,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Data Sheets","volume":"182 ","pages":"Page IBC"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137432149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}