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Precision half-life determination of the superallowed 0 + →0 + β + -emmiters 42 Ti, 38 Ca, 30 S and the mirror β transitions of 39 Ca, 31 S and 29 P. Workshop of ESNT: Isospin symmetry and its breaking in nuclear structure CEA/SPhN-Saclay, April 29th 2011.
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Precision half-life determination of the superallowed 0+→0+β+-emmiters 42Ti,38Ca,30S and the mirror β transitions of 39Ca, 31S and 29P Workshop of ESNT: Isospin symmetry and its breaking in nuclear structure CEA/SPhN-Saclay, April 29th 2011
Experimental ft measurements 0+ • Precision measurements required: • QEC → mass measurements: f ~ Q5 • T1/2, BR →b-decay studies: t = T1/2 / BR T1/2 QEC BR 0+ to test Ft value requiredrelative precision ~10-3 Super Allowed Fermi 0+ → 0+ Mirror Transitions T=1/2
Half-life measurements: Experimental details • typical setup: • - beam purification system: traps • - beta detector • - gamma detectors • JYFL – IGISOL • ISOLDE / CERN
Typical setup: JYFL – IGISOL JYFLTRAP b detector Ge detectors Tape transport system
Typical setup: JYFL – IGISOL detection setup - b plastic scintillator - g germanium tape transport system
Typical setup: ISOLDE/ CERN detection - b gas counter - g germanium radioactive ions GSI tape system
Half-life measurements: Experimental details measurement principle cycles - isotope accumulation - purification - transport - decay measurement - remaining activity evacuation • different fixed dead times: • 2 ms, 8 ms, 100ms • different detector high-voltages • different detection thresholds
Half-life measurements: Experimental details • Data analysis: • cycle selection: no beam, detector sparking… • half-life cuts: test of dead time correction • half-life as a function of background, of rate, of detector settings • Is there any dependence of the half-life of these parameters? • error budget
Error budget all nuclei of interest • Experimental quantities: • Q values: traps, high precision “easily” reachable • half-lives: feasible • branching ratios: hard part…
Dead time correction: part 1 2ms 8ms 100ms
Dead time correction: part 2 test of dead time correction
Different experimental conditions: thresholds and high-voltages
Error budget • counting statistics: 0.45 • dead time correction: 0.01 • experimental parameters (threshold, HV): 0.00 • T1/2 as function of background: 0.00 • T1/2 as function of counting rate: 0.00 • “wrong” implantation: 0.00 • -------------------------------------------------------------------- • Total: 0.45 • T1/2(42Ti) = 208.14 ± 0.45 ms
Half-life of 42Ti: JYFL 2008 42Ti T1/2 = 208.14 ± 0.45 ms (2.16 ‰) 611 keV BR = 48.2(15)% T. Kurtukian Nieto et al., PRC80 (2009) 035502 Ft = 3114(79)
Half-life of 38Ca: ISOLDE 2007 38Ca T1/2 = 443.8 ± 1.9 ms Blank et al., EPJ A 44,363 (2010)
Half-life measurements : 30S JYFL 2009
Half-life measurements : 30S 30P (T1/2 = 148.88 ± 0.24 s) as contamination as daughter need to characterize both contributions - filiation of 30S no additional parameter - production (mass separator) background constraint required example run 30S T1/2 = 1175.9 ± 1.7 ms (1.45 ‰) Souin, et al., EPJA (2011)
Error budget 2007 2011 sensitive improvement for half-lives some difficult work to do for branching ratios
Mirror b decay • Measurements required: • b-decay Q value • super-allowed branching ratio • b-decay half-life • b-n angular correlation coefficient N. Severijns, O. Naviliat-Cuncic
Status in 2009 • Experimental quantities: • half-lives: feasible
Mirror transitions: Half-lives of 39Ca Blank et al., EPJ A 44,363 (2010)
Mirror transitions: Half-life of 31S: JYFL 2009 T. Kurtukian Nieto, A. Bacquias et al. T1/2 = 2546.4(18) ms
Mirror transitions: Half-life of 29P: JYFL 2009 T. Kurtukian Nieto, A. Bacquias et al. preliminary
Error budget 2009 2011
Capot Al Ge • Need to know the efficiency with a precision of 0.1% • calibration programme of a • monocristal detector: • - source measurements • - MC simulations Detector scheme J. Souin
RX of the detector Scanning done with a collimated 137Cs (CSNSM Orsay) HPGe 137Cs collimated (477MBq) X-Y table J. Souin
Scanning done with collimated 137Cs source Determination of the germanium active volumen Length of the hole (13.6mm larger than expected) Front cap J. Souin
Calibration programme at Bordeaux Gamma sources (with BR know with high precition) done at ISOLDE: 75Se, 27Mg, 24Na, 66Ga, 56Co 133Ba,60Co,207Bi,137Ce, 152Eu,88Y, 85Sr,51Cr,54Mn,57Co
Summary : 0+->0+ 2007 2011
Summary Mirror Transitions 2009 2011