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Alpha decay half-life of bismuth isotopes

2005; IOP Publishing; Volume: 31; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0954-3899/31/2/005

1361-6471

O. A. P. Tavares, E. L. Medeiros, Maria Letizia Terranova,

Atomic and Molecular Physics

The observed alpha decay half-life values of favoured alpha transitions of ℓ = 5 in bismuth isotopes have been analysed in the framework of a model based on quantum mechanical tunnelling through a potential barrier where the centrifugal and overlapping effects are taken into account. In particular, the very recently measured alpha decay half-life value of (1.9 ± 0.2) × 1019 y for the unique naturally occurring 209Bi isotope has been reproduced by the present approach as (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1019 y. Also, the partial alpha decay half-lives for a number of unmeasured alpha transitions of ℓ = 5 in bismuth isotopes are predicted by the model, thus making it possible to demonstrate the influence of the 126 neutron shell closure on the alpha decay half-life. The present approach is shown to be successfully applicable to other isotopic sequences of alpha-emitter nuclides.