High precision measurements of Na-26 beta(-) decay Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • High-precision measurements of the half-life and -branching ratios for the - decay of 26Na to 26Mg have been measured in -counting and -decay experiments, respectively. A 4 proportional counter and fast tape transport system were employed for the half-life measurement, whereas the rays emitted by the daughter nucleus 26Mg were detected with the 8 -ray spectrometer, both located at TRIUMF's isotope separator and accelerator radioactive beam facility. The half-life of 26Na was determined to be T1/2 = 1.07128 0.00013 0.00021 s, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. The log f t values derived from these experiments are compared with theoretical values from a full sd-shell model calculation. 2005 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW C

author list (cited authors)

  • Grinyer, G. F., Svensson, C. E., Andreoiu, C., Andreyev, A. N., Austin, R., Ball, G. C., ... Zganjar, E. F.

citation count

  • 44

complete list of authors

  • Grinyer, GF||Svensson, CE||Andreoiu, C||Andreyev, AN||Austin, RAE||Ball, GC||Chakrawarthy, RS||Finlay, P||Garrett, PE||Hackman, G||Hardy, JC||Hyland, B||Iacob, VE||Koopmans, KA||Kulp, WD||Leslie, JR||Macdonald, JA||Morton, AC||Ormand, WE||Osborne, CJ||Pearson, CJ||Phillips, AA||Sarazin, F||Schumaker, MA||Scraggs, HC||Schwarzenberg, J||Smith, MB||Valiente-Dobón, JJ||Waddington, JC||Wood, JL||Zganjar, EF

publication date

  • April 2005