EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2023)

The β-decay of 71Kr: Precise measurement of the half-life

  • Vitéz-Sveiczer A.,
  • Algora A.,
  • Kiss G.G.,
  • Rubio B.,
  • Morales A.I.,
  • Sarriguren P.,
  • de Angelis G.,
  • Recchia F.,
  • Nishimura S.,
  • Agramunt J.,
  • Guadilla V.,
  • Montaner-Pizá A.,
  • Orrigo S.E.A.,
  • Horváth Á.,
  • Napoli D.,
  • Lenzi S.,
  • Boso A.,
  • Phong V.,
  • Wu J.,
  • Söderström P.-A.,
  • Sumikama T.,
  • Suzuki H.,
  • Takeda H.,
  • Ahn D.S.,
  • Baba H.,
  • Doornenbal P.,
  • Fukuda N.,
  • Inabe N.,
  • Isobe T.,
  • Kubo T.,
  • Kubono S.,
  • Sakurai H.,
  • Shimizu Y.,
  • Sidong C.,
  • Blank B.,
  • Ascher P.,
  • Gerbaux M.,
  • Goigoux T.,
  • Giovinazzo J.,
  • Grévy S.,
  • Kurtukián Nieto T.,
  • Magron C.,
  • Gelletly W.,
  • Dombrádi Zs.,
  • Fujita Y.,
  • Tanaka M.,
  • Aguilera P.,
  • Molina F.,
  • Eberth J.,
  • Diel F.,
  • Lubos D.,
  • Borcea C.,
  • Ganioglu E.,
  • Nishimura D.,
  • Oikawa H.,
  • Takei Y.,
  • Yagi S.,
  • Korten W.,
  • de France G.,
  • Davies P.,
  • Liu J.,
  • Lee J.,
  • Lokotko T.,
  • Kojouharov I.,
  • Kurz N.,
  • Shaffner H.,
  • Petrovici A.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202329002021
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 290
p. 02021

Abstract

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The very proton-rich 71Kr isotope was produced through the in-flight fragmentation of 78Kr on a beryllium target at RIKEN – Nishina Center in order to study its β-decay properties. A stack of double-sided silicon strip detectors, called WAS3ABi, was used as the decay station, where the detection of ion implants, β-decays and β-delayed protons took place. Beta-delayed γ-rays were measured using a system of 84 HPGe detectors, called EURICA, surrounding the decay station. The main goal of the present study was the precise measurement of the half-life of 71Kr, as in the literature there is an almost 10 σ difference between the most precise independent results. Implant–β time correlations, implant–proton time correlations and implant–β–γ time correlations were all used to derive the half-life value, followed by a thorough investigation of systematic uncertainties for each method. As these values were found to be consistent, the weighted average t1/2 = 94.40+19ms is reported as a new half-life value in this work. Furthermore a total of 26 previously unreported γ following the β-decay of 71Kr were also identified in the analysis.