June 2012

Journal

Experimental study of the decays of 112Cs and 111Xe

By:
Cartegni, L.; Mazzocchi, C.; Grzywacz, Robert K; Darby, Iain; Liddick, Sean; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P; Batchelder, J. C.; Bianco, L.; Bingham, Carrol R; Freeman, E.; Goodin, C.; Gross, Carl J; Guglielmetti, A.; Joss, D. T.; Liu, S.; Mazzocco, M.; Padgett, Stephen; Page, R.; Rajabali, Mustafa; Romoli, M.; Sapple, P.; Thomson, J.; Watkins, H.
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Page Number:
014312-1-014312-6
Volume:
85
Issue Number:
1
Publication Date:
June 2012
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.014312

Abstract

An experiment to search for alpha decay of 112Cs has been performed at the Holield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility (HRIBF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The alpha decay of 112Cs was not observed, thus setting the upper limit of the alpha branching ratio at 0.21%. The half-life of 112Cs was measured as 410 40 s. In the same measurement the decay properties of its daughter 111Xe and granddaughter 107Te were also reinvestigated. The newly measured alpha branching ratio for 111Xe is 9:6 1:1 %.

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