Bremsstrahlung emission accompanying the α -decay of 214Po

Giardina, G.; Fazio, G.; Mandaglio, G.; Manganaro, M.; Saccá, C.; Eremin, N. V.; Paskhalov, A. A.; Smirnov, D. A.; Maydanyuk, S. P.; Olkhovsky, V. S.
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The European Physical Journal A, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp.31-36

Fecha de publicación:
4
2008
Número de autores
10
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
28
Número de citas referidas
19
Descripción
We analyze the bremsstrahlung emission obtained by the α -γ coincidence measurements to investigate on the α -decay dynamics of the 214 Po nucleus. We performed the experiment using a radioactive 226 Ra source leading, by α -decays, to the 214 Po nucleus, and the apparatus with the Si detector for α -particles, the NaI(Tl) detector able to collect photons with energies up to about 1 MeV. We compare the experimental data with the quantum-mechanical calculations and find a good agreement between theory and experiment for photon energies up to 765 keV. In the experimental data of the bremsstrahlung spectrum one can see the presence of slight oscillations.