The decays of 214Po into 210Pb and of 212Po into 208Pb tagged by the previous decays from 214Bi and 212Bi have been studied inserting quartz vials inside the Counting Test Facility (CTF) at the underground laboratory in Gran Sasso (LNGS). We find that the mean lifetime of 214Po is (236.00 ± 0.42(stat) ± 0.15(syst)) μs and that of 212Po is (425.1 ± 0.9(stat) ± 1.2(syst)) ns. Our results are compatible with previous measurements, have a much better signal to background ratio, and reduce the overall uncertainties.

Lifetimes of 214Po and 212Po measured with counting test facility at Gran Sasso National Laboratory / L. Miramonti, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, M. Buizza Avanzini, B. Caccianiga, L. Cadonati, F. Calaprice, C. Carraro, P. Cavalcante, A. Chavarria, V. Chubakov, D. D'Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, A. Etenko, K. Fomenko, D. Franco, C. Galbiati, S. Gazzana, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, M. Göger Neff, A. Goretti, L. Grandi, E. Guardincerri, S. Hardy, A. Ianni, A. Ianni, V. Kobychev, D. Korablev, G. Korga, Y. Koshio, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, T. Lewke, M. Lissia, E. Litvinovich, B. Loer, F. Lombardi, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, I. Machulin, S. Manecki, W. Maneschg, F. Mantovani, G. Manuzio, Q. Meindl, E. Meroni, M. Misiaszek, D. Montanari, P. Mosteiro, V. Muratova, S. Nisi, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, K. Otis, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, S. Perasso, A. Pocar, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, A. Romani, N. Rossi, A. Sabelnikov, R. Saldanha, C. Salvo, S. Schönert, H. Simgen, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, R.B. Vogelaar, F. von Feilitzsch, J. Winter, M. Wojcik, A. Wright, M. Wurm, G. Xhixha, J. Xu, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, G. Zuzel. - In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY. - ISSN 0265-931X. - 138:(2014), pp. 444-446. (Intervento presentato al 2. convegno International conference on Po and radioactive Pb isotopes tenutosi a Mangalore (India) nel 2013) [10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.02.025].

Lifetimes of 214Po and 212Po measured with counting test facility at Gran Sasso National Laboratory

L. Miramonti;G. Bellini;B. Caccianiga;D. D'Angelo;E. Meroni;A. Re;
2014

Abstract

The decays of 214Po into 210Pb and of 212Po into 208Pb tagged by the previous decays from 214Bi and 212Bi have been studied inserting quartz vials inside the Counting Test Facility (CTF) at the underground laboratory in Gran Sasso (LNGS). We find that the mean lifetime of 214Po is (236.00 ± 0.42(stat) ± 0.15(syst)) μs and that of 212Po is (425.1 ± 0.9(stat) ± 1.2(syst)) ns. Our results are compatible with previous measurements, have a much better signal to background ratio, and reduce the overall uncertainties.
alfa-decay lifetime; Bi-Po coincidence; natural radioactivity; Po-212; Po-214; waste management and disposal; pollution; health, toxicology and mutagenesis; environmental chemistry
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
2014
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