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A Laboratory Measurement of Decay Energy in Electron Capture from Inner Bremsstrahlung Spectrum

K. Raj, M. K. Ramaswamy

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We describe an experiment for the measurement of decay energy in electron capture suitable for an advanced undergraduate laboratory. The experiment consists of determining the end-point energy of the inner bremsstrahlung spectrum accompanying electron capture. As an example, we have measured the Fe55-55Mn decay energy and obtain a value of 248±20 keV.

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Key concepts: Bremsstrahlung, Physics, Electron, Electron capture, Atomic physics, Nuclear physics, Energy spectrum, Energy (signal processing)