Published September 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

New measurements of the lifetimes of excited states of 55Mn below 2.7 MeV

  • 1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 (United States)
  • 2. Passport Systems Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01862 (United States)

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The lifetimes of the excited states of 55Mn between 1.5 and 2.7 MeV were measured using nuclear resonance fluorescence. The absolute lifetimes of the excited levels were determined from simultaneous measurements of manganese and aluminum. In this approach, the precisely known aluminum state serves as a means to normalize the results. Our findings differ from the evaluated level lifetimes in the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF), but agree with earlier nuclear resonance fluorescence measurements.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 037302-037302.4
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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