On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I think you have the decay scheme for Ni-59 wrong. It has a 76,000 year > half life and decays by electron capture as you said. > It's good that you seem to know your way around these nuclear transitions. That makes you and Robin and a few others who can keep the rest of us honest. The data I have indicate no gamma activity, in the transition to the Cu-59 > nucleus. > I'm thinking of this reaction: https://www-nds.iaea.org/exfor/servlet/X4sSearch5?reacc=28-NI-62(P%2CG)29-CU-63%2C%2CSIG What data are you using? Do they include proton capture cross sections? Up to now I have only been able to work out the Q values but have had no insight into the cross sections. The Exfor cross section data are hard to make sense of. Eric
