Half-life of the superallowed positron emitter C10

P. H. Barker, K. K. H. Leung, and A. P. Byrne
Phys. Rev. C 79, 024311 – Published 17 February 2009

Abstract

The half-life of the nucleus C10 has been determined by detecting its decay positrons in an EΔE fast scintillator telescope and recording the data in event mode. Care was taken to exclude the effects of possible contaminant activities and of pileup in the linear electronic systems. A value of 19.282(11) s has been obtained, which is in good agreement with two of the three previous measurements, but not with the most recent.

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  • Received 18 July 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.024311

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. H. Barker and K. K. H. Leung

  • Physics Department, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

A. P. Byrne

  • Department of Nuclear Physics, RSPHYSE and Physics Department, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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Vol. 79, Iss. 2 — February 2009

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