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Measuring nuclear excitation energies and Q-values with a cyclotron-- magnetic spectrograph system

Journal Article · · Nucl. Instrum. Methods, v. 115, no. 1, pp. 189-196
Nuclear excitation energies and reaction Q-values were measured with the M.S.U. cyclotron--magnetic spectrograph system with uncertainties on the order of 1 keV or less. The method involves a spectrograph calibration procedure which utilizes a combination of momentum-matching and kinematics techniques. The calibration lines used in the present work are independent of any previous spectrograph based on the /sup 210/Po( alpha ) energy scale. The present work is also largely independent of Ge(Li) gamma detector measurements, and provides independent consistency checks on previous measurements at the 1-keV uncertainty level. Sample results include checks on the excitation energies of the first excited state of /sup 12/C and the third excited state of /sup 24/Mg. The excitation energy of the flrst excited state of /sup 11/C and the Q-values for the reactions /sup 24/Mg(p,d)/sup 23/Mg and /sup 24/Mg(p,t)/sup 22/Mg are al so presented. (4 figures, 4 tables) (auth)
Research Organization:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-29-019662
OSTI ID:
4332609
Journal Information:
Nucl. Instrum. Methods, v. 115, no. 1, pp. 189-196, Journal Name: Nucl. Instrum. Methods, v. 115, no. 1, pp. 189-196; ISSN NUIMA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English

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