Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo

Wiedeking, M.; Bernstein, L. A.; Allmond, J. M.; Basunia, M. S.; Bleuel, D. L.; Burke, J. T.; Fallon, P.; Firestone, R. B.; Goldblum, B. L.; Hatarik, R.; Krtička, M.; Lake, P. T.; Larsen, A. C.; Lee, I. -Y.; Lesher, S. R.; Paschalis, S.; Petri, M.; Phair, L.; Scielzo, N. D.

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Title: Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in ⁹⁵Mo

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A new and model-independent experimental method has been developed to determine the energy dependence of the photon strength function. It is designed to study statistical feeding from the quasi continuum to individual low-lying discrete levels. This new technique is presented and results for ⁹⁵Mo are compared to data from the University of Oslo. In particular, questions regarding the existence of the low-energy enhancement in the photon strength function are addressed.

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Wiedeking, M. ^[1]; Bernstein, L. A. ^[2]; Allmond, J. M. ^[3]; Basunia, M. S. ^[4]; Bleuel, D. L. ^[2]; Burke, J. T. ^[2]; Fallon, P. ^[4]; Firestone, R. B. ^[4]; Goldblum, B. L. ^[5]; Hatarik, R. ^[2]; Krtička, M. ^[6]; Lake, P. T. ^[4]; Larsen, A. C. ^[7]; Lee, I. -Y. ^[4]; Lesher, S. R. ^[2]; Paschalis, S. ^[4]; Petri, M. ^[4]; Phair, L. ^[4]; Scielzo, N. D. ^[2]

iThemba LABS (South Africa); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Richmond, VA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Charles Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Univ. of Oslo (Norway)

Publication Date:: Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1399710

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-678819
Journal ID: ISSN 0090-3752; TRN: US1703210

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Data Sheets

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0090-3752

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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                    Wiedeking, M., Bernstein, L. A., Allmond, J. M., Basunia, M. S., Bleuel, D. L., Burke, J. T., Fallon, P., Firestone, R. B., Goldblum, B. L., Hatarik, R., Krtička, M., Lake, P. T., Larsen, A. C., Lee, I. -Y., Lesher, S. R., Paschalis, S., Petri, M., Phair, L., and Scielzo, N. D. Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Wiedeking, M., Bernstein, L. A., Allmond, J. M., Basunia, M. S., Bleuel, D. L., Burke, J. T., Fallon, P., Firestone, R. B., Goldblum, B. L., Hatarik, R., Krtička, M., Lake, P. T., Larsen, A. C., Lee, I. -Y., Lesher, S. R., Paschalis, S., Petri, M., Phair, L., & Scielzo, N. D. Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.071

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                    Wiedeking, M., Bernstein, L. A., Allmond, J. M., Basunia, M. S., Bleuel, D. L., Burke, J. T., Fallon, P., Firestone, R. B., Goldblum, B. L., Hatarik, R., Krtička, M., Lake, P. T., Larsen, A. C., Lee, I. -Y., Lesher, S. R., Paschalis, S., Petri, M., Phair, L., and Scielzo, N. D. Thu .  
"Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.071.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399710.

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  title        = {Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo},

  author       = {Wiedeking, M. and Bernstein, L. A. and Allmond, J. M. and Basunia, M. S. and Bleuel, D. L. and Burke, J. T. and Fallon, P. and Firestone, R. B. and Goldblum, B. L. and Hatarik, R. and Krtička, M. and Lake, P. T. and Larsen, A. C. and Lee, I. -Y. and Lesher, S. R. and Paschalis, S. and Petri, M. and Phair, L. and Scielzo, N. D.},

  abstractNote = {A new and model-independent experimental method has been developed to determine the energy dependence of the photon strength function. It is designed to study statistical feeding from the quasi continuum to individual low-lying discrete levels. This new technique is presented and results for 95Mo are compared to data from the University of Oslo. In particular, questions regarding the existence of the low-energy enhancement in the photon strength function are addressed.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nds.2014.08.071},

  journal      = {Nuclear Data Sheets},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 119,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

}

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