• DOI:10.1103/PhysRevC.70.064606
• Corpus ID: 118891861

Detection of the natural α decay of tungsten

@article{Cozzini2004DetectionOT,
  title={Detection of the natural $\alpha$ decay of tungsten},
  author={Cristina Cozzini and Godehard Angloher and Carlo Bucci and F. v. Feilitzsch and Dieter Hauff and S. Henry and Th. Jagemann and Josef Jochum and Hans Kraus and B. Majorovits and Vitalii Mikhailik and Jelena Ninkovi{\'c} and Federica Petricca and Walter Potzel and Franz Proebst and Yorck Ramachers and Wolfgang Rau and Marco Razeti and Wolfgang Seidel and M. R. Stark and Leo Stodolsky and A. J. B. Tolhurst and W. Westphal and H. R. T. Wulandari},
  journal={Physical Review C},
  year={2004},
  volume={70},
  pages={064606}
}

• C. Cozzini, G. Angloher, +21 authors H. Wulandari
• Published 6 August 2004
• Physics
• Physical Review C

The natural $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-decay of $^{180}\mathrm{W}$ has been unambiguously detected for the first time. The $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ peak is found in a ($\ensuremath{\gamma}$, $\ensuremath{\beta}$, and neutron)-free background spectrum. This has been achieved by the simultaneous measurement of phonon and light signals with the CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) cryogenic detectors. A half-life of ${T}_{1∕2}=(1.8\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{18}\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\text{years}$ and an energy release of $Q=[2516.4\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.1(\mathrm{stat.})\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.2(\mathrm{sys.})]\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{keV}$ have been measured. New limits are also set on the half-lives of the other naturally occurring tungsten isotopes.