The (nat)Pb(3He,tp) reaction at E(3He) = 177 MeV was studied to identify 2Planck's over 2piomega isovector monopole strength in Bi isotopes. Monopole strength was found in the region -45Q-30 MeV in the coincidence data. The cross section is compared with distorted-wave Born approximation calculations for non-spin-flip and spin-flip isovector monopole resonances. The observed spin-flip and non-spin-flip monopole strengths in the proton-decay channel amount to 20% of the respective non-energy-weighted sum rule.
