Phys.Rev. C 90, 055501 (2014)

M.F.Kidd, J.H.Esterline, S.W.Finch, W.Tornow

Two-neutrino double-β decay of ¹⁵⁰Nd to excited final states in ¹⁵⁰Sm

RADIOACTIVITY ¹⁵⁰Nd(2β^-); measured Eγ, Iγ, γγ-coin, half-lives using two HPGe detectors at TUNL Low Background Counting Facility (LBCF), and at Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF); deduced half-life for 2νββ decay to the ground state of ¹⁵⁰Sm, and lower limits of half-lives for 2νββ decay to the second and third 2+ states and second excited 0+ states in ¹⁵⁰Sm. Comparison with previous experimental results.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.90.055501