Fine structure in the
decay of
U
Uの
崩壊
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Fine structure in the
decay of
U was observed in the fusion-evaporation reaction
Re(
Ar,p3n) by using fast digital pulse processing technique. Two
-decay branches of
U feeding the ground state and 244 keV excited state of
Th were identified by establishing the decay chain
U
Th
Ra
Rn. The
-particle energy for the ground-state to ground-state transition of
U was determined to be 8993(17) keV, 213 keV higher than the previous value, the half-life was updated to be 62
s. Evolution of nuclear structure for
=131 even-
isotones from Po to U was discussed in the frameworks of nuclear mass and reduced
-decay width, a weakening octupole deformation in the ground state of
U relative to its lighter isotones
Ra and
Th was suggested.