β-decay of37Ca

W. Trinder, E. G. Adelberger, Z. Janas, H. Keller, K. Krumbholz, V. Kunze, P. Magnus, F. Meissner, A. Piechaczek, M. Pfützner, E. Roeckl, K. Rykaczewski, W. D. Schmidt-Ott, M. Weber

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Abstract

The β-decay of 37Ca has been studied. The half-life was remeasured with improved precision to be 181.1 ± 1.0 ms, and β-delayed γ-rays were observed for the first time. The surprisingly high Γγ Γp values for proton-unbound states in 37K drastically reduce former discrepancies between the Gamow-Teller strength values B(GT) measured in the 37Ca β-decay and those deduced from the 37Cl(p,n)37Ar mirror reaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-271
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume349
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 20 1995

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