Published September 1976 | Version v1
Journal article

Ratio of neutron capture cross sections for 186Os and 187Os at 25 keV neutron energy

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550

Description

The ratio of the neutron capture cross sections for 186Os and 187Os was measured at the 25-keV iron-filtered neutron beam facility of a 10-MW reactor. A value of 0.41 +- 0.04 was obtained. On the bases of this ratio, the age of the universe was determined via the Re--Os β-decay clock to be approximately 19 x 109 years

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Re--Os #beta#-decay clock

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., C
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev., C.
Journal Page Range
1287-1288