Center for Quantum Electronics University of Texas at Dallas

Deexcitation of the 31-year isomer of 178Hf with Synchrotron Radiation (SR)

Comparison of results from significant experiments conducted in 2001
Synchrotron

SPring-8, Hyogo, JAPAN

  

APS, Argonne, USA

  
X-ray spectrum Narrowband tunable; DE = 0.5 eV   "White"; DE = ~50,000 eV  
Target parentage

Virgin 75% of 1979 LANL spallation

  

Unknown beamstop

  
Team

"Texas Group:" 15 scientists from 8 Labs in 5 Countries

  

"Argonne Consortium:" 15 scientists from 3 Labs in the US

  
Result

All previous positive results CONFIRMED; 0.2% branch of photoionization at L1 and L3 ionization edges causes decay of isomeric state.

  

Totally negative results; all published positive reports CONTRADICTED.

  
Reference

Europhys. Lett. 57, 677 (2002)

 

PRL 87, 072503 (2001)

  

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