New approach to precisely measure γ-ray intensities for long-lived fission products, with results for the decay of 95Zr

Kolos, K.; Hennessy, A. M.; Scielzo, N. D.; Iacob, V. E.; Hardy, J. C.; Stoyer, M. A.; Tonchev, A. P.; Ong, W. -J.; Burkey, M. T.; Champine, B.; Clark, J. A.; Copp, P.; Gallant, A.; Norman, E. B.; Orford, R.; Park, H. I.; Rohrer, J.; Santiago-Gonzalez, D.; Savard, G.; Shaka, A. J.; Wang, B. S.; Zhu, S.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2021.165240

Title: New approach to precisely measure γ-ray intensities for long-lived fission products, with results for the decay of ⁹⁵Zr

Journal Article · Thu Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2021.165240· OSTI ID:1778018

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^[9]; Orford, R. ^[10]; Park, H. I. ^[3]; Rohrer, J. ^[7];

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Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

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Research Organization:: Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-93ER40773; AC52-07NA27344; AC02-06CH11357; AC0376SF0098; NA0000979

OSTI ID:: 1778018

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1828116; OSTI ID: 1828474; OSTI ID: 1841697

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-765373; TRN: US2209523

Journal Information:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1000; ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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