NEUTRINO-RECOIL-INDUCED FRENKEL PAIRS IN INSB OBSERVED BY MOSSBAUER-SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
SIELEMANN R WENDE L WEYER G
Citation
R. Sielemann et al., NEUTRINO-RECOIL-INDUCED FRENKEL PAIRS IN INSB OBSERVED BY MOSSBAUER-SPECTROSCOPY, Physical review letters, 75(8), 1995, pp. 1542-1545
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1542 - 1545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:8<1542:NFPIIO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The decay of Te-119 to Sb-119 via electron capture is utilized to prod uce isolated, single Frenkel pairs in InSb. This is caused by neutrino emission, which imparts a recoil of 12 eV to the Sb-119 atoms, thereb y displacing about 20% of them into interstitial sites. The effect is traced by Mossbauer emission spectroscopy following the decay of Sb-11 9 to Sn-119. The displacement threshold E(d) is confined to 6 < E(d) < 12 eV from auxiliary experiments employing Te-119m isotopes.