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Structure studies of 257Db through combined {\alpha}, {\gamma} and internal-conversion-electron spectroscopy

Nuclear Experiment 2025-07-03 v1

Abstract

This work reports on the study of the decay properties along the 257^{257}Db decay chain using the GABRIELA setup. The first observation of a high-K isomer in 257^{257}Db is presented. In addition, an unreported α\alpha-decay branch in 249^{249}Md has been evidenced, allowing to constrain the differences in energy of the α\alpha-decaying levels in 249^{249}Md, 253^{253}Lr and 257^{257}Db. Finally, the combination of the observed fine structure α\alpha-decay from the high-spin state in 257^{257}Db with the first observation the internal decay in 253^{253}Lr requires a revision of level and decay scheme. In particular, a change of parity for the high-spin state from 9/2+^{+} to 9/2^{-} in the 257^{257}Db is suggested, and the implications of such a change are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2507.01262,
  title  = {Structure studies of 257Db through combined {\alpha}, {\gamma} and internal-conversion-electron spectroscopy},
  author = {P. Brionnet and A. Lopez-Martens and O. Dorvaux and Z. Asfari and M. L. Chelnokov and V. I. Chepigin and H. Faure and B. Gall and K. Hauschild and A. V. Isaev and I. N. Izosimov and A. A. Kuznetsova and O. N. Malyshev and R. S Mukhin and J. Piot and A. G. Popeko and Y. A. Popov and K. Rezynkina and B. Sailaubekov and E. A. Sokol and A. I. Svirikhin and M. S. Tezekbayeva and A. V. Yeremin and N. I. Zamyatin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.01262},
  year   = {2025}
}

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accepted for publication in PRC in June 2025

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