Determinations of nuclear level halflives in 85Rb and 237Np and their use as timing standards☆
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Standardisation of <sup>85</sup>Sr with digital anticoincidence counting and half-life determination of the 514 keV level of <sup>85</sup>Rb
2019, Applied Radiation and IsotopesCitation Excerpt :Apart from the determination of the activity, the flexibility of the new digitizer-based approach made it possible to measure the half-life of the 514 keV excited state of 85Rb along with the activity determination. The new value of (1020.2 ± 6.0) ns within its uncertainty is consistent with the recommendation of the Decay Data Evaluation Project (Bé et al., 2004): The currently accepted half-life of (1015 ± 1) ns is based on the measurement by Miller et al. (1972) who used a 100 MHz digital timing circuit in combination with a NaI scintillator for X-ray detection (start signal) and a plastic scintillator for gamma-ray detection (stop signal). In contrast to this, the present experiment utilised liquid scintillation counting to detect 85Sr decay events which represents a more efficient way to identify start signals than an external X-ray detector.
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