Nuclear Forward Scattering for High Energy Moessbauer Transitions

Journal Article · Fri Aug 31 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.99.097601· OSTI ID:21028186

Sergueev, I; Chumakov, A I; Beaume-Dang, T H. Deschaux; Rueffer, R ^[1]; Strohm, C ^[1]; Buerck, U van ^[2]

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1. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP220, F-38043 Grenoble (France)
2. Physik-Department E13, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, D-85748 Garching (Germany)

We have studied nuclear forward scattering of synchrotron radiation for the 67.41 keV resonance of {sup 61}Ni using a silicon crystal monochromator with low-index reflections and a multielement detector. This approach can be extended to other high-energy Moessbauer transitions and does not pose any restrictions on the sample environment. Under conditions of large sample thickness and short nuclear lifetime, typical for work with high-energy nuclear resonances, the nuclear decay follows a universal dependence where both thickness effects and hyperfine interactions are taken into account by time scaling.

• OSTI ID: 21028186
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 99; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CRYSTALS
KEV RANGE 10-100
LIFETIME
MONOCHROMATORS
NICKEL 61
NUCLEAR DECAY
RESONANCE
SCATTERING
SILICON
SYNCHROTRON RADIATION