Half-life of Te-130 double-beta decay measured with geologically qualified samples

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Takaoka, N [1 ]
Motomura, Y [1 ]
Nagao, K [1 ]
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[1] OKAYAMA UNIV, INST STUDY EARTHS INTERIOR, MISASA, TOTTORI 68201, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevC.53.1557
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O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
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Tellurobismuthite (Bi2Te3) has been analyzed for Xe isotopes to determine the half-life for double-beta decay of Te-130. Excess Xe-130 amounts to (6.18+/-0.18)x10(7) atom/g with 47.8 wt. % Te, or (1.24+/-0.04)x10(13) for the parent/daughter ratio Te-130/Xe-130. With (9.3+/-1.1)x10(7) yr for the Xe retention age of Te mineral, this provides (7.9+/-1.0)x10(20) yr for the absolute half-life of Te-130 double-beta decay. With this and a literature ratio T-1/2(130)/T-1/2(128) of (3.53+/-0.11)x10(-4), we have (2.2+/-0.3)x10(24) yr for the absolute half-life of Te-128 double-beta decay.
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