Isomeric State Measurement System

Author(s)

Dennis Lozano Toufen

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI)
• Defense date: 2008-11-17

Examining board members

Nilberto Heder Medina; Roberto Meigikos dos Anjos; Eduardo Luiz Augusto Macchione

• Advisor: Nilberto Heder Medina

Abstract

A system, called SISMEI (Isomeric State Measurement System), was developed for the detection and measurement of isomeric states with half-lives in the range of 10 ns to 10 s without the use of a pulsed beam. This system mainly uses the technique of charged particles and -ray delayed coincidences. In SISMEI, the statistical background is reduced by the separation between the target region, where charged particles are evaporated, and the \"stopper\" region, where the delayed -rays are emitted. SISMEI was tested in two experiments with the reaction 46Ti (11B, 1p2n) 54Fe, Ebeam = 30 MeV and Ebeam = 33 MeV. In these experiments, the experimental lifetime of the 54Fe nucleus 10+ isomeric state was T1/2 = 375 (16) ns, which is consistent with the known experimental value (T1/2 = 364(7) ns). Using the 54Fe 10+ isomeric state time spectrum as calibration, the half life of the 19F 5/2+ state was measured. The experimental lifetime (T1/2 = 100 (36) s) is consistent with the known value (T1/2 = 89.3 (10) ns). The results also indicate that the system is capable of identifying the transitions to the isomeric state through the delayed - coincidence method. The 54Fe nucleus 10+ isomeric state was calculated in the framework of the Large Scale Shell Model. The energy and B (E2) experimental values were very well reproduced for a sufficient number of free particles in the full pf shell. (AU)