Measurement of the heaviest β-delayed 2-neutron emitter: 136Sb
Caballero-Folch, R., Dillmann, I., Taín, J. L., Agramunt, J., Domingo-Pardo, C., Algora, A., . . . Voss, A. (2017). Measurement of the heaviest β-delayed 2-neutron emitter: 136Sb. In A. Plompen, F.-J. Hambsch, P. Schillebeeckx, W. Mondelaers, J. Heyse, S. Kopecky, . . . , & S. Oberstedt (Eds.), ND 2016 : International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology (pp. 01005). EPJ Web of Conferences, 146. EDP Sciences. doi:10.1051/epjconf/201714601005
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The β-delayed neutron emission probability, Pn , of very exotic nuclei is crucial for the
understanding of nuclear structure properties of many isotopes and astrophysical processes such as the rapid
neutron capture process (r-process). In addition β-delayed neutrons are important in a nuclear power reactor
operated in a prompt sub-critical, delayed critical condition, as they contribute to the decay heat inducing
fission reactions after a shut down. The study of neutron-rich isotopes and the measurement of β-delayed
one-neutron emitters (β1n) is possible thanks to the Rare Isotope Beam (RIB) facilities, where radioactive
beams allow the production of exotic nuclei of interest, which can be studied and analyzed using specific
detection systems. This contribution reports two recent measurements of β-delayed neutron emitters which
allowed the determination of half-lives and the neutron branching ratio of isotopes in the mass region above
A = 200 and N > 126, and a second experiment which confirmed 136Sb as the heaviest double neutron emitter
(β2n) measured so far.
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