New measurement of the emission probability of the 63.290 keV 234Th γ-ray from 238U α decay

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 517, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Abousahl, S ^a   Van Belle, P ^a   Lynch, B ^a   Ottmar, H ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Americium and uranium branching ratio; Emission probability; Uranium decay

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; PROBABILITY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BRANCHING RATIO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0348229207     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.09.041     Document Type: Article

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