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M Stukel1, L Hariasz1, P C F Di Stefano1
1Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
Physical review letters
|August 18, 2023
概括
研究人员发现了强有力的证据,证明一种罕见的-40衰变模式,直接到-40中.
科学领域:
- 核物理 核物理 核物理
- 放射化学 放射化学是指辐射化学.
- 地质时间学 (Geochronology)
背景情况:
- -40 (K-40) 是一种天然存在的放射性同位素.
- 它的放射性对罕见事件的搜索,核理论和地质约会至关重要.
- 预测K-40的特定电子捕获衰变到-40 (Ar-40) 的基本状态,但从未观察到.
研究的目的:
- 寻找并提供证据,证明-40在以前未被观察到的直接电子捕获衰变过程中进入了-40的基本状态.
- 要量化这种罕见的衰变模式的分支比.
主要方法:
- 在KDK (衰变) 的合作进行了一个盲目分析.
- 测量了地面状态电子捕获 (I_{EC^{0}}) 与激发状态电子捕获 (I_{EC^{*}}) 的比率,用于-40的衰变.
- 统计分析以确定观察到的信号的意义.
主要成果:
- 发现了罕见的K-40衰变模式的强有力的证据,拒绝了4西格玛的零假设.
- 基态与兴奋状态电子捕获的比率被确定为I_{EC^{0}}/I_{EC^{*}}=0.0095±0.0022±0.0010 (68%C.L. ) 的情况.
- 直接基态衰变的分支比为0.098%±0.023%±0.010%,大约是目前预测的一半.
结论:
- 这一发现提供了第一个实验证据,证明了-40到-40的直接电子捕获衰变.
- 测量的分支比对核结构理论和地球时间学应用有重大影响.
- 这一发现完善了我们对-40的衰变特性及其对各种科学领域的影响的理解.
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