Identification of the 109Xe and 105Te α-decay chain

S. N. Liddick; R. Grzywacz; C. Mazzocchi; R. D. Page; K. P. Rykaczewski; J. C. Batchelder; C. R. Bingham; I. G. Darby; G. Drafta; C. Goodin; C. J. Gross; J. H. Hamilton; A. A. Hecht; J. K. Hwang; S. Ilyushkin; D. T. Joss; A. Korgul; W. Królas; K. Lagergren; K. Li; M. N. Tantawy; J. Thomson; J. A. Winger

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Identification of the ¹⁰⁹Xe and ¹⁰⁵Te α-decay chain

S. N. Liddick, R. Grzywacz, C. Mazzocchi, R. D. Page, K. P. Rykaczewski, J. C. Batchelder, C. R. Bingham, I. G. Darby, G. Drafta, C. Goodin, C. J. Gross, J. H. Hamilton, A. A. Hecht, J. K. Hwang, S. Ilyushkin, D. T. Joss, A. Korgul, W. Królas, K. Lagergren, K. LiM. N. Tantawy, J. Thomson, J. A. Winger

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The α-decay chain ¹⁰⁹Xe → ¹⁰⁵Te → ¹⁰¹Sn was identified at the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. Advances in digital electronics have made possible the identification of both alpha emitters in the same experiment despite the disparate half-lives of 13 ±2 ms and 620 ±70 ns for ¹⁰⁹Xe and ¹⁰⁵Te, respectively. Two α-decay transitions were observed from ¹⁰⁹Xe with Q_α values of 4067 ±10 and 4217 ±8 keV. One transition between the ground states of ¹⁰⁵Te and ¹⁰¹Sn was observed with a Q_α value of 4889 ±6 keV. Using the measured half-lives, branching ratios, and Q_α values the reduced α-decay widths, δ², were determined. Comparison of the δ² value for ¹⁰⁵Te with ²¹³Po indicates a "superallowed" character in the α emission of ¹⁰⁵Te.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-134
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Physical Journal: Special Topics
Volume	150
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00285-5
State	Published - Nov 2007

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This work was supported in part by the UNIRIB consortium and under US DOE grants DE-AC05-060R23100 (ORAU), DE-FG02-96ER40983 (UT) DE-AC05-00OR22725 (ORNL), DE-FG02-96ER-41006 (MississippiSU), DE-FG05-88ER40407 (Vanderbilt), and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

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Liddick, S. N., Grzywacz, R., Mazzocchi, C., Page, R. D., Rykaczewski, K. P., Batchelder, J. C., Bingham, C. R., Darby, I. G., Drafta, G., Goodin, C., Gross, C. J., Hamilton, J. H., Hecht, A. A., Hwang, J. K., Ilyushkin, S., Joss, D. T., Korgul, A., Królas, W., Lagergren, K., ... Winger, J. A. (2007). Identification of the ¹⁰⁹Xe and ¹⁰⁵Te α-decay chain. European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 150(1), 131-134. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00285-5

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