Half-life of Pu-232 and excitation function for the U-233(He-3,4n)Pu-232 reaction - art. no. 067603

Authors
Laue, CA Gregorich, KE Sudowe, R Adams, JL Lane, MR Lee, DM McGrath, CA Shaughnessy, DA Strellis, DA Sylwester, ER Wilk, PA Hoffman, DC
Citation
Ca. Laue et al., Half-life of Pu-232 and excitation function for the U-233(He-3,4n)Pu-232 reaction - art. no. 067603, PHYS REV C, 6106(6), 2000, pp. 7603
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW C-NUCLEAR PHYSICS
ISSN journal
05562813 → ACNP
Volume
6106
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(200006)6106:6<7603:HOPAEF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The excitation function for the U-233(He-3,4n)Pu-232 reaction was measured. The maximum production cross section is 6.2+/-1.5 mu b at 32.5+/-2.2 MeV. The plutonium fraction was chemically separated from interfering activities . The Pu-232 half-life was determined to be 33.1+/-0.8 min using the interf erence-free data obtained from alpha-alpha correlations of daughter activit ies in equilibrium with the Pu-232 decay.