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The (EC+β+) decay of 128Ce was reinvestigated in the 116Sn (16O, 4n) reaction by using a helium-jet tape transport system. The close half-lives of 128Ce and 129Ce made it difficult to separate the decay γ rays of both nuclei apart. Instead of the excitation-function measurements, both reactions of 16O+116Sn and 16O+117Sn were carried out, and from their comparisons, the decay γ rays of 128Ce were clearly told from those of 129Ce. Based on X-γ and γ-γ coincidence measurements, a detailed (EC +β+) decay scheme of 128Ce has been proposed, which revises the previous one.
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Received: 29 September 1999 / Revised version: 5 November 1999
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Zhankui, L., Shuwei, X., Yuanxiang, X. et al. (EC +β+) decay study of 128Ce. EPJ A 7, 1–5 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100500050001
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100500050001