Measurement of the half-life of (198)Au in a nonmetal: High-precision measurement shows no host-material dependence

dc.creator	Goodwin, J. R.
dc.creator	Nica, N.
dc.creator	Iacob, V. E.
dc.creator	Dibidad, A.
dc.creator	Hardy, John C.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-13T21:26:53Z
dc.date.available	2011-09-13T21:26:53Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	J. R. Goodwin, N. Nica, V. E. Iacob, A. Dibidad and John C. Hardy. Phys.Rev.C 82 044320 2010. "Copyright (2010) by the American Physical Society."	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.82.044320
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/127119
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dc.description.abstract	We have measured the half-life of the beta(-) decay of (198)Au to be 2.6948(9)d, with the nuclide sited in an insulating environment. Comparing this result with the half-life we measured previously with a metallic environment, we find the half-lives in both environments to be the same within 0.04%, thus contradicting a prediction that screening from a "plasma" of quasifree electrons in a metal increases the half-life by as much as 7%.	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	American Physical Society
dc.subject	Physics	en
dc.title	Measurement of the half-life of (198)Au in a nonmetal: High-precision measurement shows no host-material dependence	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.department	Physics and Astronomy	en