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Gamma Decay. Readings: Modern Nuclear Chemistry, Chap. 9; Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Chapter 3 Energetics Decay Types Transition Probabilities Internal Conversion Angular Correlations Moessbauer spectroscopy Emission of photon during deexcitation of the nucleus Wide range of energies
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Gamma Decay • Readings: Modern Nuclear Chemistry, Chap. 9; Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Chapter 3 • Energetics • Decay Types • Transition Probabilities • Internal Conversion • Angular Correlations • Moessbauer spectroscopy • Emission of photon during deexcitation of the nucleus • Wide range of energies • Different % yields • Isomers • two configurations • different total angular momenta • Energy differences • long-lived nuclear states are called isomeric states • gamma ray decay is called isomeric transition (IT) • Gamma decay energy range from few keV to many MeV
Gamma decay example: 152Eu • Many gamma transitions from decay of 152Eu • Different decay modes of isotope • What gamma data provides % yield • From chart of the nuclides, gamma energies at 121. 8 keV, 1408 keV, and 344.3 keV
Gamma Data • % yield transitions available • Search for % yield for specific isotope • http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/NuclearData/toi/nucSearch.asp • Lbl site has some issues • Can also select by energy • http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/NuclearData/toi/radSearch.asp
Gamma Data • Table of the isotope data • % yields and transitions
Transitions • De-excitation of excited states are transitions • - and -decay processes leave product nucleus in either ground state or excited state • Excited state de-excitation • De-excitation • Emission of electromagnetic radiation ( radiation) • internal-conversion electrons • newly created electron and positron (higher energy) • Internal conversion from interaction between nucleus and extranuclear electrons leading to emission of atomic electron • kinetic energy equal to difference between energy of nuclear transition involved and binding energy of electron
Transitions • Pair production • Exceeds 1.02 MeV • Emitted with kinetic energies that total excitation energy minus 1.02 MeV • Uncommon mode • Gamma decay characterized by a change in energy without change in Z and A • E = hv • Majority of g transitions have very short lifetimes, 1E-12 seconds • Table of the Isotopes provide data • Longer lived states are metastable • g transitions important for determining decay schemes
Energetics • Recoil from gamma decay • Energy of excited state must equal • Photon energy, and recoil • M*c2=Mc2+Eg+Tr • Momentum same for recoil and photon • If Eg = 2 MeV, and A=50 • recoil energy is about 40 eV • Use 931.5 MeV/AMU
Multipole Radiation & Selection Rules • Since radiation arises from electromagnetic effects, it can be thought of as changes in the charge and current distributions in nuclei • Charge distributions resulting electric moments • Current distributions yield magnetic moments • Gamma decay can be classified as magnetic (M) or electric (E) • E and M multipole radiations differ in parity properties • Transition probabilities decrease rapidly with increasing angular-momentum changes • as in -decay
Multipole Radiation & Selection Rules • Carries of angular momentum • l=1,2,3,4 • 2l –pole (dipole, quadrupole, octupole…) • Shorthand notation for electric (or magnetic) 2l –pole radiation • El or Ml • E2 is electric quadrupole • Ii+ If l Ii-If, where Ii is initial spin state and If is final spin state • Initial and final state have same parity allowed transitions are: • electric multipoles of even l • magnetic multipoles of odd l • If initial and final state different parity • electric multipoles of odd l • magnetic multipoles of even l • Example: • Transition is between a 4+ and a 2+ state • l between 6 and 2 • 4+2 to 4-2 • Same parity, both + • E even, M odd • E2, M3, E4, M5, E6 transitions are allowed • Generally lowest multipole observed • Expect E2 as the main transition
Non-photon emission for de-excitation • 0 0 transitions cannot take place by photon emission • Photon has spin and therefore must remove at least one unit of angular momentum • If no change in parity in 0 0 transition deexcitation occurs by other means • emission of an internal-conversion electron • simultaneous emission of an electron-positron pair (E 1.02 MeV) • Examples: 72Ge, 214Po, 18O, 42Ca • Transitions between two I=0 states of opposite parity cannot take place by any first-order process • requires simultaneous emission of two quanta or two conversion electrons
Isomeric Transitions • Isomeric transition (IT) is a decay from an isomeric state • Transition probability or partial decay constant for emission • E2lA2l/3 (l not 1) • For given spin change, half lives decrease rapidly with increasing A and more rapidly with increasing E • Single-particle model basis of charge and current distribution • nuclear properties dictated by unpaired nucleon • transition can be described as transition of single nucleon from one angular-momentum state to another • Remainder of nucleus being represented as a potential well • Shell model application to gamma decay • Weisskopf single particle model
Isomeric Transitions • Model predicts low-lying states of widely differing spins in certain regions of neutron and proton numbers • numbers preceding shell closures at N or Z values of 50, 82, 126 • coincide with “islands of isomerism” • Large number of isomeric states near magic numbers • Predictions strong for M4 isomers • E2 isomers 100 faster than predicted • Variations in nuclear shape from model lead to differences
Internal Conversion Coefficients • Internal conversion is an alternative to -ray emission • Excited nucleus ejects atomic electron • Discrete energy emission, only one particle • Generally k shell electrons • Interaction between nucleus and extranuclear electrons • emission of electron with kinetic energy equal to difference between energy of nuclear transition and electron binding energy • Internal conversion favored when: • energy gap between nuclear levels is small • 0+→0+ transitions
Internal Conversion Coefficients • Internal conversion coefficient • ratio of rate of internal conversion process to rate of emission • ranges from zero to infinity • coefficients for any shell generally increase with decreasing energy, increasing I, and increasing Z • Internal conversion electrons show a line spectrum • correspond to -transition energy minus binding energies of electron shells in which conversion occurs • difference in energy between successive lines are used to determine Z
Internal conversion spectrum • K/ L ratios can be used to characterize multipole order • Determine I and • If Z of x-ray-emitting species known, it can be determined whether it decays by EC or IT • X-rays generated from daughter isotope • For EC, x-rays will be of Z-1 • IT x-rays from Z • Specific lines generated from nuclear transition • Overlain on beta spectrum • Can determine specific peaks and electron binding energies 198Hg
Angular Correlations of Gamma Decay • Assumes rays have no track of multipoleinteraction from production • In some cases different multipole fields give rise to angular distributions of emitted radiation with respect to nuclear-spin direction of emitting nucleus • General;ynot observed during gamma decay • ordinarily samples contain randomly oriented nuclei • Observed angular distribution of rays is isotropic due to random orientation • Would be remove if nuclei aligned
Angular correlation • If nuclear spins can be aligned in one direction, angular distribution of emitted -ray intensity would depend predictably on initial nuclear spin and multipole character of radiation • Align nuclei in magnetic or electric field at near 0 K • observe a ray in coincidence with a preceding radiation • Alpha, beta, or gamma • coincidence experiment • angle between two sample-detector axes is varied, coincidence rate will vary as a function of Correlation function: where A=a2+a4 (fits)
Angular Correlations • Correlate gamma emission with preceding radiation • Need very short gamma lifetime • Measure coincidence as function of q • Schematic diagram of angular correlations • 12cascade, Z axis defined by 1 • Requires time and spatial correlated detectors
Mössbauer Spectroscopy • Principles • Conditions • Spectra Principles • Nuclear transitions • emission and absorption of gamma rays sometimes called nuclear gamma resonance spectroscopy • Only suitable source are isotopes • Emission from isotope is essentially monochromatic • Energy tuning done by Doppler effect Vibration of source and absorber spectra recorded in mm/s (1E-12 of emission)
Recoil • Recoil converted to vibrational energy • Gaseous atom or molecule emits radiation (energy E) • momentum of E/c • Recoil (P) = -E/c =Mv M = mass of emitter, v is recoil velocity • Associated recoil energy of emitter • ER =Mv2 /2= E2/2Mc2 • ER (in eV)= 537 E2/M (E in MeV) • For radiation near UV or below with normal atoms or molecules v is very small • With gamma decay E is large enough to have a measurable effect • ET=E+ ER for emission
Recoil • If E is to excite a nucleus • E= ET + ER • Molecules in gas or liquid cannot reabsorbed photon • In practice lattice vibrational modes may be excited during absorption • Emitting nuclei in chemical system • Thermal equilibrium, moving source • Doppler shift of emitted photon J is angle between direction of motion of nucleus and emitted photon
Recoil Free Fraction • J can vary from -1 to 1,so distribution is ET–ER • distribution around 0.1 eV at room temp • Some chemical energy goes into photon, and some recoil energy goes into lattice phonon • Heisenberg uncertainly implies distribution of energy from finite half-life • G (in eV) =4.55E-16/t1/2 (sec) • What Mössbauer did • Total recoil in two parts, kinetic and vibrational • If emitter and absorber are part of lattice, vibrations are quantized • Recoil energy transfer only in correct quanta
Recoil Free Fraction • If recoil energy is smaller than quantized vibration of lattice whole lattice vibrates • Mass is now mass of lattice • v is small as is recoil kinetic energy • E ET and recoil energy goes into lattice phonon system • lattice system is quantized, so it is possible to find a state of system unchanged after emission
Recoil free fraction • E > 150 keV nearly all events vibrate lattice • E = ET for a small amount of decays • E = ET gives rise to Mössbauer spectra • Portion of radiation which is recoil free is “recoil-free fraction” • Vibration of lattice reduced with reduced T • Recoil-free fraction increases with decreasing T • T range from 100 to 1000 K • Half-lives greater than 1E-11 seconds, natural width around 1E-5 eV • For gamma decay of 100 keV • Doppler shift of 1E-5 eV is at a velocity of 3 cm/s
Isomeric or Chemical Shift • Volume of nucleus in excited state is different from ground state • Probability of electron orbitals found in nucleus is different • Difference appears as a difference in total electron binding state and contributes to transition energy • ET = ²E(nucl) + ²E(elect) [binding energies] • Consider an emitting nucleus (excited) and absorber (ground) in different chemical states • Difference in ²E(elect) and therefore ET • Change is chemical shift
Magnetic Dipole Splitting • magnetic moment will add to transition energy • ET = ²E(nucl) + ²E(elect)+ ²E(mag) • Change in magnetic moment will effect shift • Split also occurs (2I+1) values • around 1cm/s Electric Quadrapole Splitting • inhomogeneous magnetic field • ET = ²E(nucl) + ²E(elect)+ ²E(mag)+²E(quad)
Technique • Intensity of photon from emitter is detected • Velocity of emitter and absorber recorded • important to know these values • May be cooled and place in magnetic field • Used in • amorphous materials • catalysts • soil • coal • sediments • electron exchange
Topic Review • Trends in gamma decay • How does it come about, how is it different from alpha and beta • Energetics of gamma decay • Decay Types • Photon emission, IC, pair production • E and M transitions • Probabilities, modes, and how to define • Angular Correlations • How are they measured and what do they inform about nucleus • Moessbauer spectroscopy
Questions • 195Pt has a ground state spin and parity of ½-, with excited states at 0.029 MeV (3/2-) and 0.130 MeV (5/2-). Does the 5/2 level decay primarily to the 3/2- level or to the ½- level? Why? What is the transition multipolarity? • What is the spin of a photon? • What type of gamma decay is expected from a 0+ to 0+ transition? • Classify the most likely multipolarity for the -ray decay of 60mCo. • Describe Moessbauer spectroscopy • Why do angular correlations arise in the nucleus? How are they measured
Pop Quiz • 60Co decays into 60Ni with two strong gamma lines at 1332.5 keV and 1173.2 keV. The decay scheme is below. • Fill in the gamma transitions that yield the energies provided above. • What is the energy and multipolarity of the gamma ray that deexcites each excited state? 5+ 60Co Spin and parity Energy above ground (keV) 4+ 2505.7 2+ 2158.6 1332.5 2+ 0+ 0 60 Ni