/*===================================================================*/ /* NRDF D1888 Data No.3 */ /*===================================================================*/ /* Bibliography */ /*===================================================================*/ \\BIB,3; D#=D1888; TITLE=/ alpha-decays of neutron-deficient americium isotopes /; PURPOSE=/ To present new and improved data on the alpha-decay of 233Am, 234Am, 235Am, 236Am, and 229Np (alpha-decay daughter of 233Am) /; ATH=(M.SAKAMA'1', M.ASAI'2', K.TSUKADA'2', S.ICHIKAWA'2', I.NISHINAKA'2', Y.NAGAME'2', H.HABA'3', S.GOTO'4', M.SHIBATA'5', K.KAWADE'6', Y.KOJIMA'7', Y.OURA'8', M.EBIHARA'8', H.NAKAHARA'8'); INST-ATH=(2JPNTKS'1', 2JPNJAE'2', 2JPNIPC'3', 2JPNNII'4', 2JPNNAG'5', 2JPNNAG'6', 2JPNHIR'7', 2JPNTMU'8'); /* '1' Department of Radiologic Science and Engineering, School of Health Sciences */ /* '2' Advanced Science Research Center */ /* '3' Cyclotron Center */ /* '4' Department of Chemistry */ /* '5' Radioisotope Research Center */ /* '6' Department of Energy Engineering and Science */ /* '7' Graduate School of Engineering */ /* '8' Department of Chemistry */ REF=PR/C; VLP=69(2004)014308; RCTS=(235U(6LI,5*N)236AM, 233U(6LI,4*N)235AM, 233U(6LI,5*N)234AM, 233U(6LI,6*N)233AM); PHQS=XSECTN; /*===================================================================*/ /* Experimental Conditions */ /*===================================================================*/ \\EXP,3; /* 2004-04-14 : Compiled, Kc + On */ PHQ=XSECTN; ENR=X%; CHM=X'9'; /* '9' UO2(NO3)2 */ BAC=AL'10'; /* '10' UO2(NO3)2 in 2-propanol is electrodeposited onto aluminum backing foil. */ THK-BAC=0.9MG/CM**2; POL-TGT=0%; ALGN-TGT=0%; ACC=VDGT; INST-ACC=2JPNJAE; BEAM-INTNSTY=250[340PNA; POL-PRJ=0%; ANT-COINC=NO; DET-SYS=(SI'11',GE(LI)'12'); /* '11' To measure alpha particles with efficiency of 85%. Energy resolution is about 45 keV. */ /* '12' To measure X rays following EC decay. Coaxial type. FWHM= 0.66 keV at 122 keV gamma-ray. */ /* Experimental Method: - Stacked target irradiation (A stack of 21 targets set in a multiple-target chamber with 5 mm spacing) - Collection by He jet (Products attached to the PbI2 aerosol clusters were swept out of the target chamber) - On-line mass separation (JAERI-ISOL. Mass resolution of A/Delta A is about 850 at the mass number A=208 [S. Ichikawa et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods B187(2002)548].) /* Analysis: - Decay curve analysis /* Related references - H.L.Hall et al., PR/C, 41(1990)618. Reference with which data disagree (Energy and intensity of alpha for 234Am are 6460 keV and (3.9+-1.2)e-4 in this work.) RCT=233U(6LI,5*N)234AM; THK-TGT=0.05[0.13MG/CM**2; INC-ENGY-LAB=39[48MEV; DET-PARTCL=(ALPHA'19',XRAY'20'); /* '19' Alpha from 234Am. The 6.46 MeV alpha group for 234Am reported by Hall is not observed. */ /* '20' X-ray from 234Am. Decay data in present experiment. T1/2= 3.5+-1.3 min. */ COINC=ALPHA'21'; /* '21' Alpha chain from 234Pu to 210Pb is detected. */ /*===================================================================*/ /* Descriptive Parameters */ /*===================================================================*/ \\DATA,3; RSD=234AM; /*===================================================================*/ /* Data Table */ /*===================================================================*/ \DATA; XSECTN DELTA-XSECTN (UB) (UB) 9 +-5 \END; /*===================================================================*/ |