Measurement of Nuclear Isomeric Half-Lives in the Range from One Microsecond to Ten Milliseconds

1 May 1959

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 30 (5), 363-366
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1716624

Abstract

Relatively simple and accurate delayed‐coincidence apparatus for the measurement of isomeric half‐lives in the millisecond range is described. Practical aspects of the statistics of delayed‐coincidence counting are discussed. Half‐life measurements of Ta^181m (17.83±0.10 μsec) and Y^88m (300.5±5.0 μsec) are described.

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