Abstract

Energies from alpha- and proton-decay experiments yield information of capital importance for deriving the atomic masses of superheavy and exotic nuclides. We present a procedure to correct the published decay energies in case the recoiling daughter nuclides were not considered properly in implantation experiments. A program has been developed based on Lindhard's integral theory, which can accurately predict the energy deposition of heavy atomic projectiles in matter.

Highlights

  • The study of different decay modes reveals important nuclear structure information

  • In the third method the nuclide of interest is implanted into a foil and the α particle is detected by surrounding Si detectors [6]

  • For proton-decay experiments where Q p is often used in the calibration, one can obtain a similar relation as Eq (3): Ed = Ep + ER ∗ K

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Summary

Introduction

The study of different decay modes reveals important nuclear structure information. Energies from α and proton decay yield information of capital importance for deriving mass values. The second one uses the scintillating bolometer technique which detects the total α-decay energy at temperatures below 100 mK [5]. In the third method the nuclide of interest is implanted into a foil and the α particle is detected by surrounding Si detectors [6]. The first three methods measure either the pure α-particle energy or the total α-decay energy, while the implantation method detects the α (or proton) particle and the heavy recoil daughter nuclide in coincidence. The knowledge of the behaviour of the recoil nuclide is crucial for obtaining the accurate decay-energy value

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