Correlated two-photon lines from 6-MeV/nucleon U+Th, U+U, and Th+Th collisions

K. Danzmann, W. E. Meyerhof, E. C. Montenegro, E. Dillard, H. P. Hülskötter, N. Guardala, D. W. Spooner, B. Kotlinski, D. Cline, A. Kavka, C. W. Beausang, J. Burde, M. A. Deleplanque, R. M. Diamond, R. J. McDonald, A. O. Macchiavelli, B. S. Rude, F. S. Stephens, and J. D. Molitoris
Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2353 – Published 15 May 1989
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Abstract

We find that narrow lines at 1043 and 1062 keV in the summed-energy, 180°-correlated two-photon spectrum from ≊6-MeV/nucleon U+Th collisions can be produced by cascades from high-spin states (32+) in U238. We see no evidence for narrow two-photon lines in U+Th, Th+Th, and U+U collisions corresponding to the electron-positron lines seen by others: In the summed-energy region between 1.2 and 2.0 MeV, we set an upper limit for the cross section of 6×1031 cm2 averaged over a target thickness of 1 mg/cm2.

  • Received 15 February 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.2353

©1989 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

K. Danzmann, W. E. Meyerhof, E. C. Montenegro, E. Dillard, H. P. Hülskötter, N. Guardala, and D. W. Spooner

  • Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

B. Kotlinski, D. Cline, and A. Kavka

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

C. W. Beausang, J. Burde, M. A. Deleplanque, R. M. Diamond, R. J. McDonald, A. O. Macchiavelli, B. S. Rude, and F. S. Stephens

  • Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

J. D. Molitoris

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Physics, Livermore, California 94550

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