Lessons learned from nuclear decay data measurements in the european metrology research programme ‘MetroFission’ (June 2013)

Author

Pomme, S. ; Loidl, M. ; Garcia-Torano, E. ; Marouli, M. ; Le-Bret, C. ; Crespo, M.T. ; Paepen, J. ; Mougeot, X. ; Jobbagy, V. ; Rodrigues, M. ; Van Ammel, R. ; Stroh, H. ; Luca, A.

Author_Institution

Joint Res. Centre of the Eur. Comm., Geel, Belgium

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Nuclear decay data measurements were performed in the frame of a EURAMET project. Two specific goals were addressed: (1) High-precision measurements of ²³⁸U alpha-particle emission probabilities and (2) experimental characterization of the shape of beta spectra using cryogenic detectors. In the paper, specific lessons learned from the metrological work are highlighted. This includes effects of source preparation on the quality of alpha and beta spectrometry, the influence of exchange effects on beta spectra and the use of a magnet system to eliminate coincidence effects by conversion electrons in alpha-particle spectra.

Keywords

alpha-particle spectroscopy; beta-ray spectroscopy; ²³⁸U alpha-particle emission probabilities; EURAMET project; European metrology research programme; MetroFission project; alpha spectrometry; alpha-particle spectra; beta spectra shape; beta spectrometry; cryogenic detectors; high-precision measurements; nuclear decay data measurements; Detectors; Distortion measurement; Energy resolution; Gold; Magnetometers; Materials; Spectroscopy; alpha spectrometry; beta spectrometry; coincidence; cryogenic detector; exchange effect; magnet; source preparation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1046-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6727934

Filename

6727934