β-Delayed Proton Decays of ¹³³Sm and ¹⁴⁹Yb

Abstract: ¹³³Sm was produced via fusion evaporation in the reaction ⁴⁰Ca+⁹⁶Ru. Its β-delayed proton decay was studied by means of “p-γ” coincidence in combination with a He-jet tape transport system, including half-lives, proton energy spectra, γ-transitions following the proton emissions, and the branching ratios to the low-lying states in the grand-daughter nuclei. The possible spins and parities of ¹³³Sm were extracted by fitting the experimental data with a statistical model calculation. The configuration-constrained nuclear potential energy surfaces of ¹³³Sm were calculated by using the Woods-Saxon Strutinsky method. Comparing the experimental and calculated results, the spins and parities of ¹³³Sm were assigned to be 5/2⁺ and 1/2^－, which is reconciled with our published simple (EC+β⁺) decay scheme of ¹³³Sm in 2001. In addition, our experimental data on the beta-delayed proton decay of ¹⁴⁹Yb reported in Eur. Phys. J., 2001, A12: 1—4 was also analyzed by using the same method. The spin and parity of ¹⁴⁹Yb was assigned to be 1/2^－.