Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2005
Abstract
High-precision measurements of the half-life and β-branching ratios for the β- decay of 26Na to 26Mg have been measured in β-counting and γ-decay experiments, respectively. A 4π proportional counter and fast tape transport system were employed for the half-life measurement, whereas the γ rays emitted by the daughter nucleus 26Mg were detected with the 8π γ-ray spectrometer, both located at TRIUMF's isotope separator and accelerator radioactive beam facility. The half-life of 26Na was determined to be T1/2 = 1.07128 ± 0.00013 ± 0.00021 s, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. The log f t values derived from these experiments are compared with theoretical values from a full sd-shell model calculation. ©2005 The American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Recommended Citation
Grinyer, G., Svensson, C., Andreoiu, C., Andreyev, A., Austin, R., Ball, G., Chakrawarthy, R., Finlay, P., Garrett, P., Hackman, G., Hardy, J., Hyland, B., Iacob, V., Koopmans, K., Kulp, W., Leslie, J., Macdonald, J., Morton, A., Ormand, W., Osborne, C., Pearson, C., Phillips, A., Sarazin, F., Schumaker, M., Scraggs, H., Schwarzenberg, J., Smith, M., Valiente-Dobón, J., Waddington, J., Wood, J., & Zganjar, E. (2005). High precision measurements of 26Na β- decay. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 71 (4) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.71.044309