Phys.Rev. C 95, 055809 (2017)

K.M.Ostdiek, T.S.Anderson, W.K.Bauder, M.R.Bowers, A.M.Clark, P.Collon, W.Lu, A.D.Nelson, D.Robertson, M.Skulski, R.Dressler, D.Schumann, J.P.Greene, W.Kutschera, M.Paul

Activity measurement of ⁶⁰Fe through the decay of ^60mCo and confirmation of its half-life

RADIOACTIVITY ⁶⁰Fe(β^-)[from Cu(p, X), E=590 MeV at PSI followed by chemical separation]; ^60mCo(IT); measured Eγ, Iγ from ^60mCo decay, half-life of ⁶⁰Fe via the 2+ isomeric state of ⁶⁰Co, number of atoms of ⁶⁰Fe from ⁶⁰Fe/⁵⁶Fe isotopic ratios of samples using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) technique. Experiments performed at the university of Notre Dame. Comparison with previous half-life measurements.

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.055809