https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2010-11030-1
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
The 198Au β − half-life in the metal Au revisited
1
RUBION, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2
INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
3
Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
4
Institut für Experimentalphysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
* e-mail: kunz@rubion.rub.de
Received:
30
July
2010
Accepted:
27
August
2010
Published online:
25
September
2010
The half-life of the β − -decay of 198Au has been measured for room temperature and 12K. The resulting values of T 1/2 (RT) = 2.684±0.004 d and T 1/2 (12K) = 2.687±0.005 d agree well within statistical uncertainties. Evidence for the temperature dependence of the half-life was not observed.
© SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010
