Measurements of Nuclear Deexcitation Times down to <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>19</mn><mn></mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> sec Using Crystal Blocking of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">O</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>16</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> on Diamond

J. Gomez del Campo; D. Shapira; J. A. Biggerstaff; C. D. Moak; P. D. Miller; N. Nešković; R. W. Fearick; J. P. F. Sellschop

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.451

Measurements of Nuclear Deexcitation Times down to $10^{- 19}$ sec Using Crystal Blocking of ${}^{16}O$ on Diamond

J. Gomez del Campo, D. Shapira, J. A. Biggerstaff, C. D. Moak, P. D. Miller, N. Nešković, R. W. Fearick, and J. P. F. Sellschop

Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 451 – Published 8 August 1983

Abstract

The crystal-blocking technique was used to measure the deexcitation times of the evaporation residues of 120-MeV ${}^{16}O$ on ${}^{12}C$ , emerging along the $〈 110 〉$ axis of a 12-μm-thick diamond crystal. The extracted times ranged from 4× $10^{- 19}$ sec for Mg to 4× $10^{- 18}$ sec for N, and they are consistent with statistical-model predictions.