scholarly journals Two Physically Different Neutron Beta-Decay Half-Life Calculations are in Exact Agreement with the NIST Beam Experiment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne A Surdoval ◽  
David A Berry ◽  
Travis Shultz ◽  
Antonio Ferreira

1972 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1628-1640 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Christensen ◽  
A. Nielsen ◽  
A. Bahnsen ◽  
W. K. Brown ◽  
B. M. Rustad




1996 ◽  
Vol 48 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 213-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Balysh ◽  
A. De Silva ◽  
V.I. Lebedev ◽  
K. Lou ◽  
M.K. Moe ◽  
...  


1987 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-213
Author(s):  
O. F. Dorofeev ◽  
A. E. Lobanov ◽  
O. S. Pavlova ◽  
V. N. Rodionov


2006 ◽  
Vol 69 (9) ◽  
pp. 1453-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Kauts ◽  
A. M. Savochkin ◽  
A. I. Studenikin




2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (11) ◽  
pp. 1206-1209
Author(s):  
Ezgi Tantoğlu ◽  
Nalan Özkan ◽  
R. Taygun Güray

There are 35 proton-rich isotopes between 74Se and 196Hg that cannot be synthesized through neutron captures and β− decays (s- and r-processes). A third process is therefore required for the production of these nuclei, the so-called p-process. The abundance and the origin of the p-nuclei are still not fully understood even though significant experimental and theoretical efforts in astrophysical modeling have been expended in the last two decades. The experimental studies with the activation method to measure cross sections of the relevant reactions have some limitations: the reaction product must be radioactive, should have an appropriate half-life, and its decay should be followed by proper γ-radiations. If the cross section cannot be calculated with the radiation followed by the first beta decay of the product, it can be measured using the second beta decay as an alternative method. In this study, the method and candidate reactions for the cross-section measurements via the second beta decay of the reaction product using the activation method are discussed.



2013 ◽  
Vol 110 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Mund ◽  
B. Märkisch ◽  
M. Deissenroth ◽  
J. Krempel ◽  
M. Schumann ◽  
...  


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (09) ◽  
pp. 1843004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
M. Agostini ◽  
A. M. Bakalyarov ◽  
M. Balata ◽  
I. Barabanov ◽  
...  

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is a low background experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of INFN designed to search for the rare neutrinoless double beta decay ([Formula: see text]) of [Formula: see text]Ge. In the first phase (Phase I) of the experiment, high purity germanium diodes were operated in a “bare” mode and immersed in liquid argon. The overall background level of [Formula: see text] was a factor of ten better than those of its predecessors. No signal was found and a lower limit was set on the half-life for the [Formula: see text] decay of [Formula: see text]Ge [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL), while the corresponding median sensitivity was [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL). A second phase (Phase II) started at the end of 2015 after a major upgrade. Thanks to the increased detector mass and performance of the enriched germanium diodes and due to the introduction of liquid argon instrumentation techniques, it was possible to reduce the background down to [Formula: see text]. After analyzing 23.2 kg[Formula: see text]⋅[Formula: see text]yr of these new data no signal was seen. Combining these with the data from Phase I a stronger half-life limit of the [Formula: see text]Ge [Formula: see text] decay was obtained: [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL), reaching a sensitivity of [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL). Phase II will continue for the collection of an exposure of 100 kg[Formula: see text]yr. If no signal is found by then the GERDA sensitivity will have reached [Formula: see text] yr for setting a 90% CL. limit. After the end of GERDA Phase II, the flagship experiment for the search of [Formula: see text] decay of [Formula: see text]Ge will be LEGEND. LEGEND experiment is foreseen to deploy up to 1-ton of [Formula: see text]Ge. After ten years of data taking, it will reach a sensitivity beyond 10[Formula: see text] yr, and hence fully cover the inverted hierarchy region.



2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 075104 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Dokania ◽  
D Degering ◽  
B Lehnert ◽  
V Nanal ◽  
K Zuber


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