Published January 15, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy separation of the doublet of intrinsic states at the ground state of 229Th

  • 1. Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, EG ampersand G Idaho, Incorporated, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415 (USA)

Description

It has been known from some time that the intrinsic state labeled by the asymptotic quantum numbers (3/2)+[631] lies quite close (<0.1 keV) to the (5/2)+[633] ground state of 229Th. Using the energies of selected γ rays emitted following the α decay of 233U, we have obtained a value of 1±4 eV for the energy separation of these two intrinsic states

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
271-273
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA