Emission probabilities of the KX-rays following the decay of 237Np in equilibrium with 233Pa

A Luca; S Sepman; K Iakovlev; G Shchukin; M Etcheverry; J Morel

doi:10.1016/s0969-8043(01)00185-3

Emission probabilities of the KX-rays following the decay of 237Np in equilibrium with 233Pa

Appl Radiat Isot. 2002 Jan-Feb;56(1-2):173-80. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(01)00185-3.

Authors

A Luca¹, S Sepman, K Iakovlev, G Shchukin, M Etcheverry, J Morel

Affiliation

¹ National Institute of R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering Horia Hulubei (IFIN-HH), Bucharest, Romania. [email protected]

PMID: 11839012
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(01)00185-3

Abstract

Following international EUROMET Project No. 416 and our recent measurement of the emission probabilities of the main gamma-rays of 237Np in equilibrium with 233Pa, a complementary work has been undertaken to determine the photon emission probabilities of the KX-rays associated with the decay of these nuclides. Two different analysis methods have been used: the KX-rays region was analyzed by fitting both Voigt and full response functions. Photon emission probabilities were determined with a relative uncertainty of about 2%.