Abstract
The branching ratio for electron-capture decay to the first excited state in has been measured by implanting a 20-MeV beam into a silicon detector telescope and counting the subsequent decays with well calibrated Ge(Li) detectors. A branching ratio of 10.7±0.2% was obtained. This value is in agreement with past measurements but does not agree with a recently suggested higher value. Sources of uncertainties and implications for nuclear physics and astrophysics are discussed.
RADIOACTIVITY ; measured the EC branching ratio to the first excited state.
- Received 15 March 1983
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.28.879
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