Search for beta-delayed proton emission from Be-11

We report on an attempt to reproduce the observation of beta(-)-delayed proton emission from Be-11 through detection of the final state nucleus Be-10 with accelerator mass spectrometry. Twelve samples were collected at the ISOLDE facility at CERN at different separator settings, allowing tests of di...

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Autores: Carmona Gallardo, Mariano, Fraile Prieto, Luis Mario, Vedia Fernández, María Victoria, otros, ...
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/6201
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6201
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:539.1
Ams-facility
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
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Sumario:We report on an attempt to reproduce the observation of beta(-)-delayed proton emission from Be-11 through detection of the final state nucleus Be-10 with accelerator mass spectrometry. Twelve samples were collected at the ISOLDE facility at CERN at different separator settings, allowing tests of different sources of contamination to be carried out. The observed amounts of Be-10 per collected Be-11 rule out several contamination sources, but do not agree internally. Formation of BeH molecular ions in the ion source may explain our data, in which case an upper limit of the beta p branching ratio of 2.2 x 10(-6) can be derived.