Published August 1, 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Trial for the long neutron counter TETRA using 96,97Rb radioactive sources

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Institut de Physique Nucléaire, IN2P3/CNRS and University Paris Saclay, Orsay (France)
  • 3. National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
  • 5. Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg (France)
  • 6. Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière, IN2P3/CNRS and University Paris Saclay, Orsay (France)

Description

The TETRA long neutron counter is operated at ALTO ISOL facility behind the PARRNe mass separator. TETRA has been proven to be a unique instrument for measurements of β-decay properties of short-lived neutron-rich nuclei having applications for the nuclear structure and/or astrophysical r-process calculations. A proper calibration of TETRA can allow validation of the experimental procedure used for determination of β-delayed one-neutron emission probabilities (P1n). It requires the use of a well-known β-neutron decaying radioactive source which can be only produced and measured on-line due to its short half-life. Thus, the present paper reports on measurements of P1n and T1/2 of 96,97Rb nuclei using TETRA . The results obtained are in a good agreement with the values available in the literature. This proves that the developed techniques can be applied to unknown P1n and T1/2 of neutron-rich species.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/P08002

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
08
Journal Page Range
p. P08002
ISSN
1748-0221