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Title: High-precision Q EC -value measurement of the superallowed β+ emitter Mg 22 and an ab initio evaluation of the A = 22 isobaric triplet

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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  1. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Justus Liebig Univ., Giessen (Germany); Colorado School of Mines
  2. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Heidelberg Univ. (Germany). Inst. for Theoretische Physik. Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  4. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
  5. Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry
  6. Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences. Dept. of Physics
  7. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Justus Liebig Univ., Giessen (Germany); Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  8. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Univ. of Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
  9. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Justus Liebig Univ., Giessen (Germany); Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  10. Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada)
  11. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Max Planck Inst. for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Germany)
  12. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cycotron Inst.
  13. TRUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); Westfalische Wilhems Univ., Munster (Germany). Inst. for Nuclear Physics
  14. Univ. of Calgary, AB (Canada). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
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The direct atomic mass difference between 22Mg and 22Na was measured using TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear Science (TITAN) and was determined to be Q=4781.40(22) keV. This measurement represents the most precise single measurement of this quantity to date.

Research Organization:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0017649; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1407696
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1407443; OSTI ID: 1414347
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Journal Name: Physical Review C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 96; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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