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1998

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Gettysburg College

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Parity Nonconservation In Neutron Capture On 113cd, S J. Seestrom, J D. Bowman, Bret E. Crawford, P P J. Delheij, C M. Frankle, C R. Gould, D G. Haase, M Iinuma, J N. Knudsen, P E. Koehler, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, Y P. Popov, H Postma, N R. Roberson, E I. Sharapov, H M. Shimizu, D A. Smith, Sharon L. Stephenson, Y-F Yen, V W. Yuan Nov 1998

Parity Nonconservation In Neutron Capture On 113cd, S J. Seestrom, J D. Bowman, Bret E. Crawford, P P J. Delheij, C M. Frankle, C R. Gould, D G. Haase, M Iinuma, J N. Knudsen, P E. Koehler, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, Y P. Popov, H Postma, N R. Roberson, E I. Sharapov, H M. Shimizu, D A. Smith, Sharon L. Stephenson, Y-F Yen, V W. Yuan

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Parity nonconservation was studied for 23 p-wave resonances in 113Cd up to En=500eV at the LANSCE pulsed neutron source using a longitudinally polarized neutron beam and the time-of-flight method. The helicity dependence of the total neutron capture cross section was measured with an enriched 113Cd target and with a target of natural cadmium. Parity violating effects were observed for several resonances in 113Cd and 111Cd. A root-mean-square value of the parity nonconserving matrix element MJ=1=2.9-0.9+1.3meV was obtained for the spin J=1 levels in the compound nucleus 114Cd. This …


Parity Nonconservation In Neutron Resonances In 232th,, Sharon L. Stephenson, J D. Bowman, Bret E. Crawford, P P J. Delheij, C M. Frankle, M Iinuma, J N. Knudsen, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, H Postma, N R. Roberson, S J. Seestrom, E I. Sharapov, Y-F Yen, V W. Yuan Aug 1998

Parity Nonconservation In Neutron Resonances In 232th,, Sharon L. Stephenson, J D. Bowman, Bret E. Crawford, P P J. Delheij, C M. Frankle, M Iinuma, J N. Knudsen, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, H Postma, N R. Roberson, S J. Seestrom, E I. Sharapov, Y-F Yen, V W. Yuan

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Parity nonconservation (PNC) was measured for 24 p-wave resonances from 8 to 300 eV in 232Th by measuring the helicity dependence of the total neutron cross section for epithermal neutrons with an improved experimental system. Ten resonances show statistically significant parity violation. For these ten resonances the analyzing powers are all positive, thus confirming the previously observed sign correlation. The data are fit to the sum of two terms, a constant asymmetry and a fluctuating asymmetry. With this ansatz the root-mean-square PNC matrix element M=1.12 meV, which corresponds to a weak spreading widthΓw=4.7×10-7 eV. For the …


Parity Nonconservation In Neutron Resonances In 238u, Bret E. Crawford, J D. Bowman, P P J. Delheij, C M. Frankle, M Iinuma, J N. Knudsen, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, H Postma, N R. Roberson, S J. Seestrom, E I. Sharapov, Sharon L. Stephenson, Y-F Yen, V W. Yuan Aug 1998

Parity Nonconservation In Neutron Resonances In 238u, Bret E. Crawford, J D. Bowman, P P J. Delheij, C M. Frankle, M Iinuma, J N. Knudsen, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, H Postma, N R. Roberson, S J. Seestrom, E I. Sharapov, Sharon L. Stephenson, Y-F Yen, V W. Yuan

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Parity nonconservation (PNC) was studied for 24 p-wave neutron resonances in 238U from 10 to 300 eV by measuring the helicity dependence of the total neutron cross section with an improved experimental apparatus. Six resonances show statistically significant (greater than 2.9σ) parity violation. An analysis treating the PNC matrix elements as random variables yields a root-mean-square PNC matrix element M=0.67-0.16+0.24 meV. The corresponding weak spreading width Γw=(1.35-0.64+0.97)×10-7 eV.


Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy Of 106pd, And 108pd From 20–2000 Ev, Bret E. Crawford, J D. Bowman, P P J. Delheij, T Haseyama, J N. Knudsen, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, H Postma, N R. Roberson, S J. Seestrom, E I. Sharapov, Sharon L. Stephenson, V W. Yuan Aug 1998

Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy Of 106pd, And 108pd From 20–2000 Ev, Bret E. Crawford, J D. Bowman, P P J. Delheij, T Haseyama, J N. Knudsen, L Y. Lowie, A Masaike, Y Matsuda, G E. Mitchell, S I. Penttila, H Postma, N R. Roberson, S J. Seestrom, E I. Sharapov, Sharon L. Stephenson, V W. Yuan

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Parity nonconserving asymmetries have been measured in p-wave resonances of 106Pd and 108Pd. The data analysis requires knowledge of the neutron resonance parameters. Transmission and capture γ-ray yields were measured for En=20–2000 eV with the time-of-flight method at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). A total of 28 resonances in 106Pd and 32 resonances in 108Pd were studied. The resonance parameters for 106Pd are new for all except one resonance. In 108Pd six new resonances were observed and the precision improved for many of the resonance parameters. A Bayesian analysis was …