Direct determination of ground-state transition widths of low-lying dipole states in Ce-140 with the self-absorption technique

C. Romig; D. Savran; J. Beller; J. Birkhan; A. Endres; M. Fritzsche; J. Glorius; J. Isaak; N. Pietralla; M. Scheck; L. Schnorrenberger; K. Sonnabend; M. Zweidinger

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Direct determination of ground-state transition widths of low-lying dipole states in Ce-140 with the self-absorption technique

C. Romig, D. Savran, J. Beller, J. Birkhan, A. Endres, M. Fritzsche, J. Glorius, J. Isaak, N. Pietralla, M. Scheck, L. Schnorrenberger, K. Sonnabend, M. Zweidinger

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The technique of self absorption has been applied for the first time to study the decay pattern of low-lying dipole states of Ce-140. In particular, ground-state transition widths Gamma(0) and branching ratios Gamma(0)/Gamma to the ground state have been investigated in the energy domain of the pygmy dipole resonance. Relative self-absorption measurements allow for a model-independent determination of Gamma(0). Without the need to perform a full spectroscopy of all decay channels, also the branching ratio to the ground state can be determined. The experiment on Ce-140 was conducted at the bremsstrahlung facility of the superconducting Darmstadt electron linear accelerator S-DALINAC. In total, the self-absorption and, thus, Gamma(0) were determined for 104 excited states of Ce-140. The obtained results are presented and discussed with respect to simulations of gamma cascades using the DICEBOX code.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	369-374
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	744
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.04.013
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2015

Keywords

Self absorption
Nuclear resonance fluorescence
Gamma spectroscopy
Ground-state transition width
Pygmy dipole resonance

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Romig, C., Savran, D., Beller, J., Birkhan, J., Endres, A., Fritzsche, M., Glorius, J., Isaak, J., Pietralla, N., Scheck, M., Schnorrenberger, L., Sonnabend, K., & Zweidinger, M. (2015). Direct determination of ground-state transition widths of low-lying dipole states in Ce-140 with the self-absorption technique. Physics Letters B, 744, 369-374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.04.013

Romig, C. ; Savran, D. ; Beller, J. ; Birkhan, J. ; Endres, A. ; Fritzsche, M. ; Glorius, J. ; Isaak, J. ; Pietralla, N. ; Scheck, M. ; Schnorrenberger, L. ; Sonnabend, K. ; Zweidinger, M. / Direct determination of ground-state transition widths of low-lying dipole states in Ce-140 with the self-absorption technique. In: Physics Letters B. 2015 ; Vol. 744. pp. 369-374.

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Direct determination of ground-state transition widths of low-lying dipole states in Ce-140 with the self-absorption technique. / Romig, C.; Savran, D.; Beller, J.; Birkhan, J.; Endres, A.; Fritzsche, M.; Glorius, J.; Isaak, J.; Pietralla, N.; Scheck, M.; Schnorrenberger, L.; Sonnabend, K.; Zweidinger, M.

In: Physics Letters B, Vol. 744, 11.05.2015, p. 369-374.

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Direct determination of ground-state transition widths of low-lying dipole states in Ce-140 with the self-absorption technique

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