Double-β-decay Q values of 130Te, 128Te, and 120Te

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作者
Scielzo, N. D. [1 ]
Caldwell, S. [2 ,3 ]
Savard, G. [2 ,3 ]
Clark, J. A. [2 ]
Deibel, C. M. [2 ,4 ]
Fallis, J. [5 ]
Gulick, S. [6 ]
Lascar, D. [2 ,7 ]
Levand, A. F. [2 ]
Li, G. [2 ,6 ]
Mintz, J. [8 ]
Norman, E. B. [8 ]
Sharma, K. S. [5 ]
Sternberg, M. [2 ,3 ]
Sun, T. [2 ]
Van Schelt, J. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Phys Sci Directorate, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[2] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Phys, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[3] Univ Chicago, Dept Phys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[4] Michigan State Univ, Joint Inst Nucl Astrophys, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[5] Univ Manitoba, Dept Phys & Astron, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
[6] McGill Univ, Dept Phys, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T8, Canada
[7] Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[8] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Nucl Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 2009年 / 80卷 / 02期
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
PRECISION MASS-SPECTROMETRY; PENNING TRAPS; RAMSEY METHOD; ELECTRON; LIMITS; GE-76; IONS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevC.80.025501
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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070202 ;
摘要
The double-beta-decay Q values of Te-130, Te-128, and Te-120 have been determined from parent-daughter mass differences measured with the Canadian Penning Trap mass spectrometer. The Xe-132-Xe-129 mass difference, which is precisely known, was also determined to confirm the accuracy of these results. The Te-130 Q value was found to be 2527.01 +/- 0.32 keV, which is 3.3 keV lower than the 2003 Atomic Mass Evaluation recommended value and is consistent with another recent Penning trap measurement. The Te-128 and Te-120 Q values were found to be 865.87 +/- 1.31 and 1714.81 +/- 1.25 keV, respectively. For Te-120, this reduction in uncertainty of nearly a factor of 8 opens up the possibility of using this isotope for sensitive searches for neutrinoless double-electron capture and electron capture with beta(+) emission.
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