Improved limit on the electron capture decay branch of 176Lu

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 767-770

  Norman, E B ^a   Browne, E ^a   Goldman, I D ^b   Renne, P R ^c,d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron capture; Ge detector; Geochronology; Natural radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRAPS; GROUND STATE; RADIOISOTOPES; YTTERBIUM;

ELECTRON CAPTURE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

LUTETIUM;

LUTETIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

EID: 1842788735     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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