Isomeric and ground-state properties of Pt-171(78), Os-167(76), and W-163(74)

Decay paths, half-lives, and excitation energies of the i(13/2) bandheads of the neutron-deficient nuclei Pt-171, Os-167, and W-163 have been established for the first time. Gamma-ray transitions, X-rays, and internal conversion electrons have been observed, allowing internal-conversion coefficients to be measured and B(M2) reduced transition probabilities to be extracted. These results elucidate the low-lying single-quasiparticle structures and give the energy level spacings between the nu f(7/2), nu h(9/2), and nu i(13/2) quasineutron states for all three nuclei. Moreover, ground-state spin assignments have been made for the first time, along with the measurement of the alpha-decay branching ratio for Pt-171. The decay paths of the i(13/2) bandheads were followed by favored alpha decays, indicating that all three nuclei have the same I-pi = 7/2(-) ground state.