Phys. Rev. C 61, 054305 (2000) [7 pages]γ emission from the 31-yr isomer of 178Hf induced by x-ray irradiation |
C. B. Collins, F. Davanloo, A. C. Rusu, M. C. Iosif, N. C. Zoita, D. T. Camase, and J. M. Hicks
Center for Quantum Electronics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083
S. A. Karamian
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
C. A. Ur and I. I. Popescu
H. Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering and IGE Foundation, Bucharest, Romania
R. Dussart and J. M. Pouvesle
GREMI, CNRS – Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France
V. I. Kirischuk and N. V. Strilchuk
Scientific Center “Institute for Nuclear Research,” Kiev, Ukraine
P. McDaniel
Air Force Research Laboratory, DEPA, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123
C. E. Crist
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123
Received 16 April 1999; revised 18 October 1999; published 18 April 2000
A sample containing 6.3×1014 nuclei of the 16+ isomer of 178Hf having a half life of 31 years and excitation energy of 2.446 MeV was irradiated with x-ray pulses derived from a device operated at 15 mA to produce bremsstrahlung radiation with an end point energy set to be 63 keV. Gamma spectra of the isomeric target were taken with two independent Ge detectors. Intensities of the 213.4 keV (4+→2+) and 325.5 keV (6+→4+) transitions in the ground state band of 178Hf were found to increase when irradiated. The largest enhancement was 1.6±0.3% measured in the 213.4 keV transition. Such an accelerated decay of the 178Hf isomer is consistent with an integrated cross section exceeding 2.2×10-22 cm2 keV if the resonant absorption takes place below 20 keV as indicated by the use of selective absorption filters in the irradiating beam.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRC/v61/e054305
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.61.054305
PACS: 25.20.Lj, 27.70.+q, 21.10.Ma, 21.90.+f
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