Thick-target yields of iodine isotopes from proton interactions in Te, and the double-[beta] decays of [sup 128,130]Te

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.48.3106· OSTI ID:5575578

da Cruz, M T.F.; Bardayan, D W; Chan, Y; Garcia, A; Hindi, M M; Larimer, R; Lesko, K T; Norman, E B; Rossi, D F; Stokstad, R G; Wietfeldt, F E; Zlimen, I ^[1]

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1. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States) Physics Department, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505 (United States) Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

We measured thick-target yields of [sup 126,128,130]I from bombardments of natural Te targets with 15-, 30-, 45-, and 50-MeV protons, together with iodine production cross sections for 1.85- and 5.0-GeV protons. Using these data, we have estimated the relative cosmic-ray induced production of [sup 126]Xe, [sup 128]Xe, and [sup 130]Xe in Te ores. These quantities are significantly different from those used previously in a determination of the ratio of the double-[beta] decay half-lives of [sup 130]Te and [sup 128]Te, and as a result the cosmic-ray correction is smaller than previously assumed. A revised correction of cosmic-ray produced xenon can change the half-life ratio by about 6%. This quantity is of importance because it can be used to set a limit on the 0-[nu] double-[beta] decay mode.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; FG05-87ER40314
• OSTI ID: 5575578
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 48:6; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
PROTON REACTIONS
IODINE ISOTOPES
TELLURIUM 128 TARGET
DOUBLE BETA DECAY
TELLURIUM 130 TARGET
CROSS SECTIONS
HALF-LIFE
MEV RANGE 10-100
XENON ISOTOPES
BARYON REACTIONS
BETA DECAY
BETA-MINUS DECAY
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DECAY
ENERGY RANGE
HADRON REACTIONS
ISOTOPES
MEV RANGE
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEON REACTIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
TARGETS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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