AUTHOR=Guadilla Víctor 

TITLE=Ground-state β-feeding determination using total-absorption spectrometers

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2024.1452988

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2024.1452988

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=The determination of the β intensity probability between the ground states of parent and daughter nuclei has traditionally been a difficult task with standard γ-spectroscopy approaches, due to the lack of the associated γ emission. In the last years, the total absorption γ-ray spectroscopy technique has successfully proven its ability to deal with this problem by means of different procedures. In this article I discuss the potential of these methods and a new approach for segmented total absorption γ-ray spectrometers will also be introduced. An overview of applications will be presented based on past, present and future β-decay experiments.