THE INFLUENCE OF RECOIL LOSSES IN SUBSEQUENT ALPHA-DECAY ON THE DETERMINATION OF ALPHA-BRANCHING RATIOS

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作者
WAUTERS, J
DECROCK, P
DENDOOVEN, P
HUYSE, M
LIEVENS, P
REUSEN, G
VANDUPPEN, P
机构
[1] LISOL, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, K. U. Leuven, B-3001 Leuoen
[2] CERN, Geneva
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10.1016/0168-583X(91)95458-P
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The fraction of daughter nuclei that recoil out of the catcher foil after-alpha-decay of mass-separator implanted mother nuclei is determined experimentally and compared with calculations. The correction that has to be applied on the alpha-branching ratio, obtained by comparing the mother and daughter activity in one-alpha-detector, is at least 20%. Previously published branching ratios can be wrong due to the underestimation of the correction procedure. As an example, the Rn-202 --> Po-198 --> Pb-194 decay chain is studied.
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页码:178 / 182
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