The essential decay of pandemonium: a demonstration of errors in complex beta-decay schemes

The beta -decay of a fictional nuclide, Pandemonium, is created numerically using a statistical model. By analyzing its simulated gamma -ray spectrum as experimental data, the authors find that much gamma -ray intensity actually remains unobserved under normal experimental conditions. This result-il...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hardy, J C, Carraz, L C, Hansen, P G, Jonson, B
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1977
Materias:
Nuclear Physics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(77)90223-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/878503
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Sumario:The beta -decay of a fictional nuclide, Pandemonium, is created numerically using a statistical model. By analyzing its simulated gamma -ray spectrum as experimental data, the authors find that much gamma -ray intensity actually remains unobserved under normal experimental conditions. This result-illustrated for the case of /sup 145/Gd-casts doubt on many decay schemes determined from such spectra. (8 refs).

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