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Exotic, neutron-rich proton-induced spallation products of 232Th and 238U obtained from the PS Booster ISOLDE facility have been investigated by \(\gamma\)-\(\gamma\), \(\alpha\)-\(\gamma\) coincidence and spectrum-multiscaling measurements. A new method for the reduction of isobaric contamination enabled to study the unknown region beyond 208Pb for the decay chain A = 217. A new isotope 217Bi with a half-life of \(98.5 \pm 0.8\) s was discovered and its \(\beta\)-decay studied. For the first time, a half-life value of \(1.53 \pm 0.03\) s for the \(\alpha\)-decay of 217Po was measured.
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Received: 3 March 2003, Revised: 13 May 2003, Published online: 30 September 2003
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23.20.Lv \(\gamma\) transitions and level energies - 23.60.+e \(\alpha\) decay - 27.80.+w 190 \(\leq\) A \(\leq\) 219 - 29.30.Kv X- and \(\gamma\)-ray spectroscopy
V. Fedoseyev: Present address: ISOLDE, CERN-PPE, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland.
M. Górska: Present address: GSI, Darmstadt, D-64220, Germany.
M. Huhta: Present address: Nokia, Tampere, Finland.
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Kurpeta, J., P\lochocki, A., Andreyev, A.N. et al. The decay of the new neutron-rich isotope 217Bi. Eur. Phys. J. A 18, 5–8 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2003-10065-7
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