The half-life for the decay of tritium will be measured with increased precision by detecting the external bremsstrahlung from tritium-implanted metallic foils and from tritium-xenon gas mixtures. This conclusion of a series of measurements begun previously under grant PHY-8500520 will permit the extraction of a more accurate value for the tritium decay axial vector matrix element. This is a one year grant.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Physics (PHY)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
8705244
Program Officer
name not available
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1987-08-01
Budget End
1990-07-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
$48,874
Indirect Cost
Name
New York University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10012