Physics Letters B (Oct 2019)
New test of modulated electron capture decay of hydrogen-like 142Pm ions: Precision measurement of purely exponential decay
- F.C. Ozturk,
- B. Akkus,
- D. Atanasov,
- H. Beyer,
- F. Bosch,
- D. Boutin,
- C. Brandau,
- P. Bühler,
- R.B. Cakirli,
- R.J. Chen,
- W.D. Chen,
- X.C. Chen,
- I. Dillmann,
- C. Dimopoulou,
- W. Enders,
- H.G. Essel,
- T. Faestermann,
- O. Forstner,
- B.S. Gao,
- H. Geissel,
- R. Gernhäuser,
- R.E. Grisenti,
- A. Gumberidze,
- S. Hagmann,
- T. Heftrich,
- M. Heil,
- M.O. Herdrich,
- P.-M. Hillenbrand,
- T. Izumikawa,
- P. Kienle,
- C. Klaushofer,
- C. Kleffner,
- C. Kozhuharov,
- R.K. Knöbel,
- O. Kovalenko,
- S. Kreim,
- T. Kühl,
- C. Lederer-Woods,
- M. Lestinsky,
- S.A. Litvinov,
- Yu.A. Litvinov,
- Z. Liu,
- X.W. Ma,
- L. Maier,
- B. Mei,
- H. Miura,
- I. Mukha,
- A. Najafi,
- D. Nagae,
- T. Nishimura,
- C. Nociforo,
- F. Nolden,
- T. Ohtsubo,
- Y. Oktem,
- S. Omika,
- A. Ozawa,
- N. Petridis,
- J. Piotrowski,
- R. Reifarth,
- J. Rossbach,
- R. Sánchez,
- M.S. Sanjari,
- C. Scheidenberger,
- R.S. Sidhu,
- H. Simon,
- U. Spillmann,
- M. Steck,
- Th. Stöhlker,
- B.H. Sun,
- L.A. Susam,
- F. Suzaki,
- T. Suzuki,
- S.Yu. Torilov,
- C. Trageser,
- M. Trassinelli,
- S. Trotsenko,
- X.L. Tu,
- P.M. Walker,
- M. Wang,
- G. Weber,
- H. Weick,
- N. Winckler,
- D.F.A. Winters,
- P.J. Woods,
- T. Yamaguchi,
- X.D. Xu,
- X.L. Yan,
- J.C. Yang,
- Y.J. Yuan,
- Y.H. Zhang,
- X.H. Zhou
Affiliations
- F.C. Ozturk
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey; Corresponding author.
- B. Akkus
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
- D. Atanasov
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- H. Beyer
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- F. Bosch
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey; CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland; GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany; CEA, IRFU, SACM, Centre de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany; Stefan Meyer Institut für subatomare Physik, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada; Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany; Division of Radioisotope Research, CCRF, Niigata University, Niigata 950-8510, Japan; School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK; Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan; Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan; Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan; AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; School of Physics & Nucl. Energy Engineering, Beihang Univ., 100191 Beijing, PR China; RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan; St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia; INSP, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7588, 75005 Paris, France; Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK; ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- D. Boutin
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany; CEA, IRFU, SACM, Centre de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- C. Brandau
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- P. Bühler
- Stefan Meyer Institut für subatomare Physik, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- R.B. Cakirli
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
- R.J. Chen
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- W.D. Chen
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
- X.C. Chen
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- I. Dillmann
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- C. Dimopoulou
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- W. Enders
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- H.G. Essel
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- T. Faestermann
- Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- O. Forstner
- Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- B.S. Gao
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- H. Geissel
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- R. Gernhäuser
- Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- R.E. Grisenti
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- A. Gumberidze
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- S. Hagmann
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- T. Heftrich
- J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- M. Heil
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- M.O. Herdrich
- Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- P.-M. Hillenbrand
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- T. Izumikawa
- Division of Radioisotope Research, CCRF, Niigata University, Niigata 950-8510, Japan
- P. Kienle
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey; CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland; GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany; CEA, IRFU, SACM, Centre de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany; Stefan Meyer Institut für subatomare Physik, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China; TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada; Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany; Division of Radioisotope Research, CCRF, Niigata University, Niigata 950-8510, Japan; School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK; Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan; Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan; Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan; AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; School of Physics & Nucl. Energy Engineering, Beihang Univ., 100191 Beijing, PR China; RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan; St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia; INSP, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7588, 75005 Paris, France; Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK; ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- C. Klaushofer
- Stefan Meyer Institut für subatomare Physik, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- C. Kleffner
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- C. Kozhuharov
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- R.K. Knöbel
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- O. Kovalenko
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- S. Kreim
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- T. Kühl
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- C. Lederer-Woods
- School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK
- M. Lestinsky
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- S.A. Litvinov
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Yu.A. Litvinov
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Corresponding author.
- Z. Liu
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- X.W. Ma
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- L. Maier
- Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- B. Mei
- J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- H. Miura
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- I. Mukha
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- A. Najafi
- Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- D. Nagae
- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
- T. Nishimura
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- C. Nociforo
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- F. Nolden
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- T. Ohtsubo
- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
- Y. Oktem
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
- S. Omika
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- A. Ozawa
- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
- N. Petridis
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- J. Piotrowski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
- R. Reifarth
- J. W.-Goethe-Universität, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- J. Rossbach
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- R. Sánchez
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- M.S. Sanjari
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- C. Scheidenberger
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- R.S. Sidhu
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- H. Simon
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- U. Spillmann
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- M. Steck
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Th. Stöhlker
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- B.H. Sun
- School of Physics & Nucl. Energy Engineering, Beihang Univ., 100191 Beijing, PR China
- L.A. Susam
- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, 34134 Istanbul, Turkey
- F. Suzaki
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan; RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako 351-0198, Japan
- T. Suzuki
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- S.Yu. Torilov
- St. Petersburg State University, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
- C. Trageser
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig Universität, 35392 Gießen, Germany
- M. Trassinelli
- INSP, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7588, 75005 Paris, France
- S. Trotsenko
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- X.L. Tu
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- P.M. Walker
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
- M. Wang
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- G. Weber
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany; Helmholtz Institute Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
- H. Weick
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- N. Winckler
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- D.F.A. Winters
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- P.J. Woods
- School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK
- T. Yamaguchi
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- X.D. Xu
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- X.L. Yan
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- J.C. Yang
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- Y.J. Yuan
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- Y.H. Zhang
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China; ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- X.H. Zhou
- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 797
Abstract
An experiment addressing electron capture (EC) decay of hydrogen-like Pm60+142 ions has been conducted at the experimental storage ring (ESR) at GSI. The decay appears to be purely exponential and no modulations were observed. Decay times for about 9000 individual EC decays have been measured by applying the single-ion decay spectroscopy method. Both visually and automatically analysed data can be described by a single exponential decay with decay constants of 0.0126(7)s−1 for automatic analysis and 0.0141(7)s−1 for manual analysis. If a modulation superimposed on the exponential decay curve is assumed, the best fit gives a modulation amplitude of merely 0.019(15), which is compatible with zero and by 4.9 standard deviations smaller than in the original observation which had an amplitude of 0.23(4). Keywords: Two body weak decay, Orbital electron capture, Single particle decay spectroscopy, Heavy ion storage ring
