Large Impact of the Decay of Niobium Isomers on the Reactor ν¯e Summation Calculations

Guadilla, V.; Algora, A.; Tain, J. L.; Estienne, M.; Fallot, M.; Sonzogni, A. A.; Agramunt, J.; Äystö, J.; Briz, J. A.; Cucoanes, A.; Eronen, T.; Fraile, L. M.; Ganioğlu, E.; Gelletly, W.; Gorelov, D.; Hakala, J.; Jokinen, A.; Jordan, D.; Kankainen, A.; Kolhinen, V.; Koponen, J.; Lebois, M.; Le Meur, L.; Martinez, T.; Monserrate, M.; Montaner-Pizá, A.; Moore, I.; Nácher, E.; Orrigo, S. E. A.; Penttilä, H.; Pohjalainen, I.; Porta, A.; Reinikainen, J.; Reponen, M.; Rinta-Antila, S.; Rubio, B.; Rytkönen, K.; Shiba, T.; Sonnenschein, V.; Valencia, E.; Vedia, V.; Voss, A.; Wilson, J. N.; Zakari-Issoufou, A. -A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.042502

Title: Large Impact of the Decay of Niobium Isomers on the Reactor ${\bar{ν}}_{e}$ Summation Calculations

Journal Article · 29 January 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.042502 · OSTI ID:1497386

Guadilla, V. ^[1]; Algora, A. ^[2]; Tain, J. L. ^[3]; Estienne, M. ^[4]; Fallot, M. ^[4]; Sonzogni, A. A. ^[5]; Agramunt, J. ^[3]; Äystö, J. ^[6]; Briz, J. A. ^[4]; Cucoanes, A. ^[4]; Eronen, T. ^[6]; Fraile, L. M. ^[7]; Ganioğlu, E. ^[8]; Gelletly, W. ^[9]; Gorelov, D. ^[6]; Hakala, J. ^[6]; Jokinen, A. ^[6]; Jordan, D. ^[3]; Kankainen, A. ^[6]; Kolhinen, V. ^[6] more »

CSIC-Univ. de Valencia, Valencia (Spain); Univ. de Nantes, Nantes (France)
CSIC-Univ. de Valencia, Valencia (Spain); Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen (Hungary)
CSIC-Univ. de Valencia, Valencia (Spain)
Univ. de Nantes, Nantes (France)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla (Finland)
Univ. Complutense, Madrid (Spain)
Istanbul Univ., Istanbul (Turkey)
Univ. of Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom)
Institut de Physique Nucleaire d’Orsay, Orsay (France)
Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, Madrid (Spain)
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Madrid (Spain); CSIC-Univ. de Valencia, Valencia (Spain)

Even mass neutron-rich niobium isotopes are among the principal contributors to the reactor antineutrino energy spectrum. They are also among the most challenging to measure due to the refractory nature of niobium, and because they exhibit isomeric states lying very close in energy. The β-intensity distributions of ^100gs,100mNb and ^102gs,102mNb β decays have been determined using the total absorption γ-ray spectroscopy technique. The measurements were performed at the upgraded Ion Guide Isotope Separator On-Line facility at the University of Jyväskylä. Here, the double Penning trap system JYFLTRAP was employed to disentangle the β decay of the isomeric states. The new data obtained in this challenging measurement have a large impact in antineutrino summation calculations. As a result, for the first time the discrepancy between the summation model and the reactor antineutrino measurements in the region of the shape distortion has been reduced.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1497386

Report Number(s):: BNL--211299-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 122; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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