Reply to {open_quote}{open_quote}Comment on {open_quote}Very weak {gamma} transitions in the {epsilon}/{beta}{sup +} decay of {sup 68}Ga{close_quote}{close_quote}{close_quote}
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
- University of California, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
Using the spectra in the article {open_quote}{open_quote}Very weak {gamma} transitions in the {epsilon}/{beta}{sup +} decay of 68 Ga{close_quote}{close_quote} [D. T. Vo {ital et} {ital al}.. Phys. Rev. C {bold 50}, 1713 (1994)], Skalsey makes an interesting speculation in the accompanying article [M. Skalsey, Phys. Rev. C {bold 54}, 439 (1996), the preceding paper] on the possible existence of a positron feeding with a kinetic endpoint energy of 16 keV in the decay of {sup 68}Ga. Skalsey also points out the facts supporting the {ital e}{sup +} feeding to the 1656-keV level that were not mentioned by Vo {ital et} {ital al}. In this Reply to the Comment, we present information supporting the new {ital e}{sup +} decay to the 1656-keV level and further information on the statistical uncertainties that suggest an even greater skepticism than that shown by Skalsey about the possible existence of the 16-keV {ital e}{sup +} decay to the 1883-keV level upon which he commented. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 286221
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Vol. 54, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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