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an appealing source of activity for improved studies of this β-delayed neutron emission process. When<br />

a radioactive ion decays in the trap, the recoiling daughter nucleus and emitted radiation emerges from<br />

the ∼ 1 mm 3 trap volume and propagates through vacuum with minimal scattering. For the first time,<br />

β-delayed neutron spectroscopy is being performed using trapped ions by identifying neutron emission<br />

from the large nuclear recoil it imparts and using this recoil energy to reconstruct the neutron branching<br />

ratios and energy spectra. Results from a recent proof-of-principle measurement of the β-delayed neutron<br />

spectrum of Iodine-137 will be presented and plans for future experiments using the intense fission fragment<br />

beams from the Californium Rare Isotope Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU) facility at Argonne <strong>National</strong> <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />

will be discussed. This work was supported by U.S. DOE under Contracts DE-AC52-07NA27344<br />

(LLNL), DE-AC02-06CH11357 (ANL), DE-FG02-98ER41086 (Northwestern U.), and NSERC, Canada,<br />

under Application No. 216974.<br />

OE 4 2:40 PM<br />

New Measurements in the Neutron Rich Region Around N=126 for β-decay and β-delayed<br />

Neutron Emission Data at GSI-FRS<br />

R. Caballero-Folch, Guillem Cortes<br />

UPC (Barcelona-Spain)<br />

C. Domingo-Pardo<br />

IFIC (Valencia-Spain)<br />

Neutron rich nuclei in the mass region around N=126 have scarce available information about their nuclear<br />

properties. Actually, theoretical calculations are difficult to validate on the basis of the few experimental<br />

information available so far. This contribution aims to present new data of half lives and β-delayed<br />

neutron emission around 214 Tl and 211 Hg regions, including isotopes observed for the first time, obtained<br />

from a recent experiment performed at the RIB facility of GSI-FRS (Germany). The detectors used in<br />

the experiment were an implantation and β detector based on a silicon array of highly segmented DSSD’s<br />

and an updated version of the BEta deLayEd Neutron detector (BELEN) developed at UPC (Barcelona),<br />

which consisted of 30 3 He-counters embedded in a polyethylene matrix. An advantage compared to previous<br />

similar experiments was due to an innovative self-triggered acquisition system, which allowed us to enhance<br />

the neutron detection probability when compared to conventional analogue acquisition systems. The<br />

analysis of the half lives and β delayed neutron emission probabilities will be presented as well as final<br />

results of these quantities.<br />

Session OF Cross Section Measurements<br />

Thursday March 7, 2013<br />

Room: Central Park East at 1:30 PM<br />

OF 1 1:30 PM<br />

Nuclear Data Measurement Activities at CIAE<br />

Xichao Ruan, Weixiang Yu, Long Hou, Yi Yang<br />

China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China<br />

China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) is one of the most important bases for nuclear data measurement<br />

in China. In this talk, the nuclear data measurement activities at CIAE in recent years will be presented.<br />

The secondary neutron emission DX and DDX measurement, the integral experiment for nuclear data<br />

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