The attenuation of nuclear alignment along cascades in recoil-distance lifetime measurements

Andrew E. Stuchbery*

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Abstract

An accurate formalism is developed to treat the loss of nuclear alignment due to vacuum deorientation in the case where the nucleus decays through a sequence of excited states. Comparisons are made between the exact and simpler, approximate treatments. The implications for the analysis of recoil-distance lifetime measurements are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)547-555
Number of pages9
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume385
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 1997

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