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Precision half-life measurement of Al25

Authors :
Patrick O'Malley
F. D. Becchetti
B. Frentz
Adrian Valverde
Daniel Burdette
B. E. Schultz
Maxime Brodeur
D. W. Bardayan
J. Long
S. Strauss
Jacob Allen
D. Blankstein
J. J. Kolata
Tan Ahn
J. M. Kelly
M. R. Hall
Source :
Physical Review C. 96
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 2017.

Abstract

A new precision half-life measurement of $^{25}\mathrm{Al}$ was conducted using the TwinSol $\ensuremath{\beta}$-counting station at the University of Notre Dame. The new measured value of ${t}_{1/2}^{\mathrm{new}}=7.1657(24)$ s is in good agreement with the most recent measurement, while being 3 times more precise. Using these new measurements, an evaluation of the $^{25}\mathrm{Al}$ half-life has been performed, leading to an average half-life of ${t}_{1/2}^{\mathrm{world}}=7.1665(26)$ s, which is 5 times more precise than it's predecessor and has a more satisfactory Birge ratio of 1.1. To aid in future measurements of correlation parameters, a new Fermi to Gamow-Teller mixing ratio $\ensuremath{\rho}$ and correlation parameters for this mixed transition have been calculated assuming the standard model validity using the new world half-life.

Details

ISSN :
24699993 and 24699985
Volume :
96
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review C
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........3c7144f6fb141df43d82ff26ad0d57ce
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.96.015502