Published November 30, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Discovery of the 109Xe→105Te→101Sn alpha decay chain

  • 1. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 (United States)
  • 2. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  • 3. IFGA, University of Milan and INFN, Milano, I-20133 (Italy)
  • 4. Dept. of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZE (United Kingdom)
  • 5. UNIRIB, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  • 6. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 (United States)
  • 7. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Mississippi State University, MS 39762 (United States)
  • 8. Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University Warszawa, PL 00-681 (Poland)
  • 9. Joint Institute for Heavy-Ion Research, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  • 10. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL 31-342 Cracow (Poland)

Description

The alpha decay chain 109Xe→105Te→101Sn was first identified at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. Recent developments in digital electronics enabled the detection of both alpha decays despite the short half-life of 105Te. The development of the software algorithm responsible for extracting the double-alpha events from the experimental data is ongoing. The possibility of using the derivative of the double-alpha pulse to selectively identify double alpha pulses shows promise and is being developed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
961
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 123-127
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International conference on proton emitting nuclei and related topics
Acronym
PROCON 2007
Dates
17-23 Jun 2007
Place
Lisbon (Portugal)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39059448
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; ALPHA DECAY; COMPUTER CODES; DETECTION; HALF-LIFE; PULSES; RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS; TELLURIUM 105; TIN ISOTOPES; XENON ISOTOPES
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BEAMS; DECAY; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ION BEAMS; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; TELLURIUM ISOTOPES

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(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics