$β$-delayed neutron emission studies of 137,138I and 144,145Cs performed with trapped ions

Czeszumska, A.; Scielzo, N. D.; Caldwell, S. A.; Clark, J. A.; Savard, G.; Wang, B. S.; Aprahamian, A.; Burkey, M. T.; Chiara, C. J.; Harker, J.; Levand, A. F.; Marley, S. T.; Morgan, G.; Munson, J. M.; Norman, E. B.; Nystrom, A.; Orford, R.; Padgett, S. W.; Pérez Galván, A.; Sharma, K. S.; Siegl, K.; Strauss, S. Y.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.101.024312

$$β$$-delayed neutron emission studies of ^137,138I and ^144,145Cs performed with trapped ions

Journal Article · Wed Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.101.024312· OSTI ID:1602426

^[1]; Scielzo, N. D. ^[2]; Caldwell, S. A. ^[3]; Clark, J. A. ^[3]; Savard, G. ^[4]; Wang, B. S. ^[1]; Aprahamian, A. ^[5]; Burkey, M. T. ^[4]; Chiara, C. J. ^[6]; Harker, J. ^[6]; Levand, A. F. ^[3]; Marley, S. T. ^[5]; Morgan, G. ^[7]; Munson, J. M. ^[8]; Norman, E. B. ^[8]; Nystrom, A. ^[5]; Orford, R. ^[9]; Padgett, S. W. ^[2]; Pérez Galván, A. ^[3]; Sharma, K. S. ^[7] more »

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)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

A detailed study of the β-delayed neutron emission properties of ^137,138I and ^144,145Cs has been performed by confining ions in the Beta-decay Paul Trap. The daughter ions following β decay emerge from the trapped-ion cloud with negligible scattering allowing reconstruction of the recoil-ion energy from the time of flight. From this information, the neutron-emission branching ratios and neutron-energy spectra were deduced. The results for the ¹³⁷I and ^144,145Cs decays are in agreement with previous results performed using direct neutron-detection techniques. In the case of ¹³⁸I, a branching ratio of 6.18(50)% is obtained, yielding a value consistent with the more recent results, which are a factor of two larger than measurements made prior to 1978.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of Homeland Security (DHS); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC52-07NA27344; FG02-94ER40834; NA0000979; NA0002135

OSTI ID:: 1602426

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1601700
OSTI ID: 1651191

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--813968; 137366

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 101; ISSN 2469-9985; ISSN PRVCAN

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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