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Level Lifetimes And The Structure Of 134Xe From Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Erin E. Peters, Anagha Chakraborty, Benjamin P. Crider, S. F. Ashley, E. Elhami, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, Marcus T. Mcellistrem, Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, Francisco M. Prados-Estévez, Steven W. Yates
Level Lifetimes And The Structure Of 134Xe From Inelastic Neutron Scattering, Erin E. Peters, Anagha Chakraborty, Benjamin P. Crider, S. F. Ashley, E. Elhami, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, Marcus T. Mcellistrem, Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, Francisco M. Prados-Estévez, Steven W. Yates
Chemistry Faculty Publications
The level structure of 134Xe was studied with the inelastic neutron scattering reaction followed by γ-ray detection. A number of level lifetimes were determined for the first time with the Doppler-shift attenuation method and the low-lying excited states were characterized. From this new spectroscopic information, the third excited state, a 0+ level which had only been observed in a previous inelastic neutron scattering study, was verified. Reduced transition probabilities were calculated; comparisons were drawn with a vibrational description of the nucleus and found lacking. The 3− octupole phonon has been confirmed, and the complete negative-parity multiplet …
Collective Quadrupole Behavior In 106Pd, Francisco M. Prados-Estévez, Erin E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, M. G. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S. N. Choudry, Benjamin P. Crider, P. E. Garrett, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, S. R. Lesher, C. J. Mckay, Marcus T. Mcellistrem, Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, M. Scheck, J. R. Vanhoy, J. L. Wood, Steven W. Yates
Collective Quadrupole Behavior In 106Pd, Francisco M. Prados-Estévez, Erin E. Peters, A. Chakraborty, M. G. Mynk, D. Bandyopadhyay, N. Boukharouba, S. N. Choudry, Benjamin P. Crider, P. E. Garrett, S. F. Hicks, A. Kumar, S. R. Lesher, C. J. Mckay, Marcus T. Mcellistrem, Sharmistha Mukhopadhyay, J. N. Orce, M. Scheck, J. R. Vanhoy, J. L. Wood, Steven W. Yates
Chemistry Faculty Publications
Excited states in 106Pd were studied with the (n,n′γ) reaction, and comprehensive information for excitations with spin ≤6ℏ was obtained. The data include level lifetimes in the femtosecond regime, spins and parities, transition multipolarities, and multipole mixing ratios, which allow the determination of reduced transition probabilities. The E2 decay strength to the low-lying states is mapped up to ≈2.4 MeV in excitation energy. The structures associated with quadrupole collectivity are elucidated and organized into bands.
Inelastic Neutron Scattering Cross Section Measurements For 134,136Xe Of Relevance To Neutrinoless Double-Β Decay Searches, Erin E. Peters, T. J. Ross, S. H. Liu, Marcus T. Mcellistrem, Steven W. Yates
Inelastic Neutron Scattering Cross Section Measurements For 134,136Xe Of Relevance To Neutrinoless Double-Β Decay Searches, Erin E. Peters, T. J. Ross, S. H. Liu, Marcus T. Mcellistrem, Steven W. Yates
Chemistry Faculty Publications
Neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) searches typically involve large-scale experiments for which backgrounds can be complex. One possible source of background near the 0νββ signature in the observed spectra is γ rays arising from inelastic neutron scattering from the materials composing or surrounding the detector. In relation to searches for the 0νββ of 136Xe to 136Ba, such as the EXO-200 and KamLAND-Zen projects, inelastic neutron scattering γ-ray production cross sections for 136Xe and 134Xe are of importance for characterizing such γ rays that may inhibit the unambiguous identification of this yet-to-be-observed …