Published November 21, 1977
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Journal article
The essential decay of pandemonium: a demonstration of errors in complex beta-decay schemes
- 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland)
Description
The β-decay of a fictional nuclide, Pandemonium, is created numerically using a statistical model. By analyzing its simulated γ-ray spectrum as experimental data, it is found that much γ-ray intensity actually remains unobserved under normal experimental conditions. This result - illustrated for the case of 145Gd - casts doubt on many decay schemes determined from such spectra. (Auth.)
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters B
- Journal Volume
- 71
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 307-310
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 9361985
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BETA-PLUS DECAY; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DECAY; ERRORS; GADOLINIUM 145; GAMMA SPECTRA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; BETA DECAY; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GADOLINIUM ISOTOPES; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LEPTONIC DECAY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; PARTICLE DECAY; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH NUCLEI; SPECTRA; WEAK INTERACTIONS
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