title: Nuclear Data Evaluation for Mass Chain A=217:Odd-Proton Nuclei.
abstract: Thallium (81(217)Tl, Bismuth (83(217)Bi), Astatine (85(217)At), Francium (87(217)Fr), Actinium (89(217)Ac) and Protactinium (91(217)Pa) are of odd-proton numbers among the mass chain A = 217. In the present work, the half-lives and gamma transitions for the six nuclei have been studied and adopted based on the recently published interactions or unevaluated nuclear data sets XUNDL. The Q (α) has been updated based on the recent published work of the Atomic Mass Evaluation AME2012 as well. Moreover, the total conversion electrons as well as the K-Shell to L-Shell, L-Shell to M-Shell and L-Shell to N-Shell Conversion Electron Ratios have been calculated using BrIcc code v2.3. An updated skeleton decay scheme for each of the above nuclei has been presented here. The decay hindrance factors (HF) calculated using the ALPHAD program, which is available from Brookhaven National Laboratory's website, have been calculated for the α- decay data sets for (221)Fr-, (221)Ac- and (221)Pa-α-decays.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 20589, Saudi Arabia.|Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21221, Egypt.
authors.forename: Sherif S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nafee
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 20589, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Salem A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.affiliation: Deanship of Graduate Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 20589, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Amir M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Ramady
mesh_terms: D000186:Actinium / Q000737:chemistry; D000512:Alpha Particles; D001246:Astatine / Q000737:chemistry; D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry; D004583:Electrons; D005605:Francium / Q000737:chemistry; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006207:Half-Life; D011336:Probability; D011478:Protactinium / Q000737:chemistry; D011522:Protons; D011868:Radioisotopes; D017356:Synchrotrons; D013793:Thallium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011478:Protactinium; D005605:Francium; D013793:Thallium; D000186:Actinium; D001729:Bismuth; D001246:Astatine