Using a clinical linac to determine the energies of gamma-ray transitions and half-lives of barium nuclei
Articles > Article · 2020
Authors: Abdullah Engin ÇALIK, Kaan Manisa, Ahmet BİÇER, Mehmet ERDOĞAN, Mürsel Şen, Hasan Bircan, Haris Dapo, İsmail Boztosun
Modern Physics Letters A, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2020, vol 35, pp 2050062-2050062
DOI: 10.1142/s0217732320500625
Summary
Photonuclear reactions have great importance in understanding the structure of the nuclei. These reactions, performed using the gamma rays obtained by way of bremsstrahlung, are a standard nuclear physics experiment. In this study, a non-enriched barium sample was activated for the first time by using a clinical linear accelerator (cLINACs). The spectrum of barium radioisotopes was obtained by using a gamma spectrometry with a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. The obtained spectroscopic data were analyzed and energy levels and half-life values together with their uncertainties were obtained. Some energy levels and half-lives of [Formula: see text]Ba were determined with more precision than those of literature values.