βdecays of 92Rb, 96gsY, and 142Cs measured with the modular total absorption spectrometer and the influence of multiplicity on total absorption spectrometry measurements

B. C. Rasco, A. Fijałkowska, K. P. Rykaczewski, M. Wolińska-Cichocka, M. Karny, R. K. Grzywacz, K. C. Goetz, C. J. Gross, D. W. Stracenerb, E. F. Zganjar, J. C. Batchelder, J. C. Blackmon, N. T. Brewer, T. King, K. Miernik, S. V. Paulauskas, M. M. Rajabali, J. A. Winger

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Abstract

Total absorption spectroscopy is a technique that helps obtain reliable β-feeding patterns of complex decays important for nuclear structure and astrophysics modeling as well as decay heat analysis in nuclear reactors. The need for improved measurements of β-feeding patterns from fission decay products has come to the forefront of experiments that use nuclear reactors as a source of antineutrinos. Here we present more detailed results, in particular the β-decay measurements of 96gsY, and demonstrate the impact of the β-delayed γ multiplicity on the overall efficiency of Modular Total Absorption Spectrometer used at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study the decays of fission products abundant during a nuclear fuel cycle.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)507-515
Number of pages9
JournalActa Physica Polonica B
Volume48
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2017
Externally publishedYes

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