Simulation studies for source optimization in 96Zr β decay

S. Thakur; V. Nanal; Pushpendra P. Singh; R. G. Pillay; H. Krishnamoorthy; A. Mazumdar; A. Reza; P. K. Raina; V. Vatsa

doi:10.1393/ncc/i2022-22024-9

Simulation studies for source optimization in 96Zr β decay

S. Thakur
, V. Nanal
, Pushpendra P. Singh
, R. G. Pillay
, H. Krishnamoorthy
, A. Mazumdar
, A. Reza
, P. K. Raina
, V. Vatsa

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Abstract

The single β decay of 96Zr to the ground state of 96Nb is spin forbidden and poses a great experimental challenge. The β decay of 96Zr can be studied via coincident detection of de-exciting gamma rays in 96Mo, which is the end product of 96Nb β decay. Simulations are done with four high purity Ge (HPGe) detector setup ( 33% relative efficiency each) to optimize the source configuration. The results suggest that 70 g of 50% enriched 96Zr will yield sensitivity comparable to the reported results.

Original language	English
Article number	24
Journal	Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C
Volume	45
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2022-22024-9
State	Published - Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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This work is supported by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India (GoI), under Project No. 12-R&DTFR-5.02-0300. S. Thakur acknowledges the Ministry of Education, GOI, for PhD research fellowship, and TIFR for supporting the visit related to this work.

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