Search for x-ray induced acceleration of the decay of the 31-yr isomer of (178)Hf using synchrotron radiation.
Enhanced decay of the 31-yr isomer of (178)Hf induced by x-ray irradiation has been reported previously. Here we describe an attempt to reproduce this result with an intense "white" x-ray beam from the Advanced Photon Source. No induced decay was observed. The upper limits for the energy-integrated cross sections for such a process, over the range of energies of 20--60 keV x rays, are less than 2 x 10(-27) cm(2) keV, below the previously reported values by more than 5 orders of magnitude; at 8 keV the limit is 5 x 10(-26) cm(2) keV.
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Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA.
Banar
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Becker
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Gemmell
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Kraemer
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Mashayekhi
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McNabb
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Miller
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Moore
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Rundberg
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Schiffer
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Shastri
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Wang
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Wilhelmy
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