Precise measurements of the γ -ray intensities following the β decay of Ce144 and Nd147

Kolos, K.; Scielzo, N. D.; Iacob, V. E.; Hardy, J. C.; Hennessy, A. M.; Hoff, D. M.; Stoyer, M. A.; Tonchev, A. P.; Bencomo, M.; Clark, J. A.; Champine, B.; Copp, P.; Melconian, D.; Norman, E. B.; Ong, W. -J.; Park, H. -I.; Santiago-Gonzalez, D.; Savard, G.; Shaka, A. J.; Zhu, S.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.110.024307

Precise measurements of the γ -ray intensities following the β decay of Ce 144 and Nd 147

Journal Article · Mon Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Physical Review. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.110.024307· OSTI ID:2473633

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)

For many fission products, the γ rays emitted following β decay provide an easily detectable signature that can be used to identify their quantities and distributions in a sample. As a result, γ-ray spectroscopy is often exploited to study fission-product yields, provided sufficiently accurate information on the γ-ray intensities is available. Further, in many cases, the uncertainties in the existing nuclear data are large enough that they compromise the precision achievable for modern experiments and applications. In this paper, we present high-precision results for the absolute γ-ray emission intensities for the most intense transitions in the β decays of ¹⁴⁴Ce and ¹⁴⁷Nd. We measured these intensities to ≲1% accuracy by producing radiopure samples with fission-product beams at CARIBU and detecting the emitted radiation with a 4⁢πβ counter and a meticulously efficiency-calibrated high purity germanium detector at Texas A&M University.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC52-07NA27344; FG03-93ER40773; NA0000979; NA0003841

OSTI ID:: 2473633

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2473935

Report Number(s):: LLNL--JRNL-869734; 1106506

Journal Information:: Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 110; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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