Using a clinical linac to determine the energies of gamma-ray transitions and half-lives of barium nuclei

ÇALIK A. E., MANİSA K., Bicer A., ERDOĞAN M., Sen M., BİRCAN H., ...Daha Fazla

MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A, cilt.35, sa.10, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1142/s0217732320500625
  • Dergi Adı: MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Barium, clinical linear accelerator, half-lives, energy transitions, DATA SHEETS, PHOTON-ACTIVATION, ACCELERATOR, PHOTOACTIVATION, SCATTERING, FACILITY, DESIGN, DECAY
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Photonuclear reactions have great importance in understanding the structure of the nuclei. These reactions, performed using the gamma rays obtained by way of bremsstrahlung, are a standard nuclear physics experiment. In this study, a non-enriched barium sample was activated for the first time by using a clinical linear accelerator (cLINACs). The spectrum of barium radioisotopes was obtained by using a gamma spectrometry with a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. The obtained spectroscopic data were analyzed and energy levels and half-life values together with their uncertainties were obtained. Some energy levels and half-lives of Ba-129 were determined with more precision than those of literature values.