Published November 21, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Novel techniques to search for neutron radioactivity

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 2. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 3. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 2A3 (Canada)
  • 4. Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)

Description

Two new methods to observe neutron radioactivity are presented. Both methods rely on the production and decay of the parent nucleus in flight. The relative velocity measured between the neutron and the fragment is sensitive to half-lives between ∼1 and ∼100ps for the Decay in Target (DiT) method. The transverse position measurement of the neutron in the Decay in a Magnetic Field (DiMF) method is sensitive to half-lives between 10 ps and 1 ns

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.07.035

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2013.07.035;
arXiv
arXiv:1307.2185v1;
PII
S0168-9002(13)01011-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
729
Journal Page Range
p. 207-211
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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