Mh. Sidky et al., PRECISE ATOMIC MASS-DIFFERENCES IN PB AND TL AND THE DECAY ENERGY FORPB-205, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 330(1-2), 1993, pp. 195-198
The Manitoba II high resolution mass spectrometer has been used to mea
sure precise values for the spacings of four mass doublets in the mass
spectra of Tl and Pb chlorides. Our new data are combined with other
precise experimental data to derive an improved value for the Pb-205-T
l-205 atomic mass difference, viz., 51.06 +/-0.51 keV. This value agre
es with most previous data, identifies one inconsistent datum and subs
tantially improves the precision of this mass difference. This improve
ment in precision, in turn, reduces the uncertainty in one aspect of t
he derivation of the cross section for the neutrino capture reaction,
nu + Tl-205 --> Pb-205 +e-. This reaction has been proposed as the pos
sible basis for a favourable solar neutrino detector.