Precise test of internal-conversion theory: αK measurements for transitions in nine nuclei spanning 45 ≤ Z ≤ 78 Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We have been testing the theory used to calculate internal-conversion coefficients (ICCs) by making a series of measurements of αK values with precision better than ±2%. So far we have measured E3 transitions in three nuclei, 103Rh, 111Cd and 134Cs; and M4 transitions in six nuclei, 119Sn, 125Te, 127Te, 137Ba, 193Ir and 197Pt. Together, these span a wide range of A and Z values. In all cases, the results strongly favor Dirac-Fock calculations in which the final-state electron wave function has been computed in an atomic field that includes the vacancy created by the internal-conversion process.

author list (cited authors)

  • Hardy, J. C., Nica, N., Iacob, V. E., & Trzhaskovskaya, M. B.

citation count

  • 2

publication date

  • April 2018