Absence of a self-induced decay effect in 198Au

Details Absence of a self-induced decay effect in 198Au Absence of a self-induced decay effect in 198Au

2011-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/1108.5134v1

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 659 (2011) 269-271

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

3 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nima.2011.08.046

We report the results of an improved experiment aimed at determining whether the half-life ($T_{1/2}$) of $^{198}$Au depends on the shape of the source. In this experiment, the half-lives of a gold sphere and a thin gold wire were measured after each had been irradiated in the NIST Center for Neutron Research. In comparison to an earlier version of this experiment, both the specific activities of the samples and their relative surface/volume ratios have been increased, leading to an improved test for the hypothesized self-induced decay (SID) effect. We find T_1/2(sphere)/T_1/2(wire) = 0.9993+/-0.0002, which is compatible with no SID effect.

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