The neutron-deficient nucleus 173Hg has been studied following fusion-evaporation reactions. The observation of gamma rays decaying from excited states are reported for the first time and a tentative level scheme is proposed. The proposed level scheme is discussed within the context of the systematics of neighbouring neutron-deficient Hg nuclei. In addition to the gamma-ray spectroscopy, the alpha decay of this nucleus has been measured yielding superior precision to earlier measurements.
@article{arxiv.1201.6239,
title = {First observation of excited states in 173Hg},
author = {D. O'Donnell and R. D. Page and C. Scholey and L. Bianco and L. Capponi and R. J. Carroll and I. G. Darby and L. Donosa and M. Drummond and F. Ertugral and P. T. Greenlees and T. Grahn and K. Hauschild and A. Herzan and U. Jakobsson and P. Jones and D. T. Joss and R. Julin and S. Juutinen and S. Ketelhut and M. Labiche and M. Leino and A. Lopez-Martens and K. Mullholland and P. Nieminen and P. Peura and P. Rahkila and S. Rinta-Antila and P. Ruotsalainen and M. Sandzelius and J. Saren and B. Saygi and J. Simpson and J. Sorri and A. Thornthwaite and J. Uusitalo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6239},
year = {2012}
}