Half-Life of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">Si</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>32</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> from Tandem-Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

D. Elmore; N. Anantaraman; H. W. Fulbright; H. E. Gove; H. S. Hans; K. Nishiizumi; M. T. Murrell; M. Honda

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.589

Half-Life of ${}^{32}{Si}$ from Tandem-Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

D. Elmore, N. Anantaraman, H. W. Fulbright, H. E. Gove, H. S. Hans, K. Nishiizumi, M. T. Murrell, and M. Honda

Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 589 – Published 25 August 1980

Abstract

In one of the first applications of the new accelerator mass-spectrometry technique to nuclear physics problems, the half-life of ${}^{32}{Si}$ has been determined to be 108±18 yr. This result, which disagrees with the accepted value of 330±40 yr, has special significance because of the use of ${}^{32}{Si}$ for dating studies.

Received 12 May 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.589

Authors & Affiliations

D. Elmore, N. Anantaraman^*, H. W. Fulbright, H. E. Gove, and H. S. Hans^†

Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

K. Nishiizumi and M. T. Murrell

Department of Chemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

M. Honda

Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 106, Japan

^*Present address: Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824.
^†On leave from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.