New experimental limits on the α decays of lead isotopes
@article{Beeman2013NewEL, title={New experimental limits on the α decays of lead isotopes}, author={J. W. Beeman and F. Bellini and L. Cardani and N. Casali and S. Di Domizio and E. Fiorini and L. Gironi and S. Nagorny and S. Nisi and F. Orio and L. Pattavina and G. Pessina and G. Piperno and S. Pirr{\`o} and E. Previtali and C. Rusconi and C. Tomei and M. Vignati}, journal={The European Physical Journal A}, year={2013}, volume={49}, pages={1-7} }
Abstract.For the first time ancient Roman lead was used to grow a crystal of PbWO4 , and this crystal has subsequently been used as a cryogenic particle detector. The new device provides independent readout of heat and scintillation light and is able to discriminate between $ \beta/\gamma$ interactions and alpha interactions down to few keV. Stringent limits on the $ \alpha$ decays of the lead isotopes are presented. In particular a limit of $ T_{1/2}>1.4\cdot 10^{20}$ y at a 90% C.L. was… CONTINUE READING
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