Identification of the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msup><mml:mi>J</mml:mi><mml:mi>π</mml:mi></mml:msup><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math>state in<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>Ra</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>218</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math>populated via<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:math>decay of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi>Th</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>222</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math>
Аннотация
The $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ decay of $^{222}\mathrm{Th}$ populating the low-lying ${J}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}={3}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ state, and also a proposed ${1}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ state, in $^{218}\mathrm{Ra}$ has been observed. The observations suggest an excitation energy of 853 keV for the ${1}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ state, which is 60 keV above the ${3}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ state. The hindrance factors of these $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ decays give a possible boundary to the region of ground-state octupole deformation in the light-actinide nuclei. The relative positions of the ${J}^{\ensuremath{\pi}}={1}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ and ${3}^{\ensuremath{-}}$ states suggest they are produced by an octupole-vibrational mechanism, as opposed to $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ clustering or rotations of a reflection-asymmetric octupole-deformed shape.