M. B. Smith
TRIUMF
29 Papers
223 Citations
M. B. Smith is an academic researcher from TRIUMF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neutron & Radioactive decay. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 28 publications.
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Papers
Radioactive beam experiments with large gamma-ray detector arrays
C. E. Svensson,Rae Austin,G. C. Ball,P. Finlay,P. E. Garrett,G. F. Grinyer,G. Hackman,C. J. Osborne,F. Sarazin,H. C. Scraggs,M. B. Smith,J. C. Waddington +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of recent progress in, and future plans for, the development of large γ-ray spectrometers at such facilities, including the recent commissioning of the 8π spectrometer at ISAC-I and the proposed TRIUMF-ISAC gamma-ray escape suppressed Spectrometer array for the ISAC II facility.
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Position sensitivity of the TIGRESS 32-fold segmented HPGe clover detector
C. E. Svensson,G. Hackman,C. J. Pearson,M. A. Schumaker,H. C. Scraggs,H. C. Scraggs,M. B. Smith,Corina Andreoiu,Andrei Andreyev,R. A. E. Austin,G. C. Ball,A. J. Boston,R. S. Chakrawarthy,R. Churchman,Nicolas B. Cowan,T.E. Drake,P. Finlay,P. E. Garrett,G. F. Grinyer,B. Hyland,B Jones,J. P. Martin,A. C. Morton,A. A. Phillips,René Roy,Fred Sarazin,Fred Sarazin,N. Starinsky,J. J. Valiente-Dobón,J. C. Waddington,L.M. Watters +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, the locations of γ-ray interactions within a 32-fold segmented clover-type HPGe detector were investigated through 90 ∘ Compton scattering of 661.6 keV γ -rays from a collimated Cs 137 source.
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High precision measurements of Na-26 beta(-) decay
G. F. Grinyer,C. E. Svensson,Corina Andreoiu,A. N. Andreyev,Rae Austin,G. C. Ball,R. S. Chakrawarthy,P. Finlay,P. E. Garrett,G. Hackman,J.C. Hardy,B. Hyland,V. E. Iacob,K. A. Koopmans,W. D. Kulp,Leslie,J.A. Macdonald,A. C. Morton,W. E. Ormand,Curtis Osborne,C. J. Pearson,A. A. Phillips,F. Sarazin,M. A. Schumaker,H. C. Scraggs,J. Schwarzenberg,M. B. Smith,J. J. Valiente-Dobón,J. C. Waddington,J. L. Wood,Ef. Zganjar +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, high-precision measurements of the half-life and branching ratios for the decay of the Na-Mg decay were obtained by using a 4-proportional counter and fast tape transport system.
High-resolution γ-ray spectroscopy: a versatile tool for nuclear β-decay studies at TRIUMF-ISAC
G. C. Ball,T Achtzehn,D Albers,J S Al Khalili,Corina Andreoiu,Andrei Andreyev,S. F. Ashley,R. A. E. Austin,J. A. Becker,Pierre Bricault,S Chan,R. S. Chakrawarthy,R. Churchman,H. Coombes,E. S. Cunningham,J Daoud,M. Dombsky,T.E. Drake,B Eshpeter,P. Finlay,P. E. Garrett,P. E. Garrett,Ch. Geppert,G. F. Grinyer,G. Hackman,V Hanemaayer,B. Hyland,G A Jones,K. A. Koopmans,K. A. Koopmans,W. D. Kulp,J Lassen,J. P. Lavoie,J. R. Leslie,Y Litvinov,J A Macdonald,C Mattoon,D. Melconian,A. C. Morton,C. J. Osborne,C. J. Pearson,Matthew Pearson,A. A. Phillips,J J Ressler,Fred Sarazin,Fred Sarazin,M. A. Schumaker,J Schwarzenberg,H. C. Scraggs,M. B. Smith,C. E. Svensson,J. J. Valiente-Dobón,J. C. Waddington,P. M. Walker,Klaus Wendt,S. J. Williams,J. L. Wood,E. F. Zganjar +57 more
TL;DR: The 8π spectrometer, which consists of 20 Compton-suppressed HPGe detectors, has recently been reconfigured for a vigorous research programme in weak interaction and nuclear structure physics.
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Pile-up corrections for high-precision superallowed β decay half-life measurements via γ-ray photopeak counting
G. F. Grinyer,C. E. Svensson,Corina Andreoiu,Andrei Andreyev,R. A. E. Austin,G. C. Ball,D. Bandyopadhyay,R. S. Chakrawarthy,P. Finlay,P. E. Garrett,P. E. Garrett,G. Hackman,B. Hyland,W. D. Kulp,K. G. Leach,J. R. Leslie,A. C. Morton,C. J. Pearson,A. A. Phillips,Fred Sarazin,M. A. Schumaker,M. B. Smith,J. J. Valiente-Dobón,J. C. Waddington,S. J. Williams,J. Wong,J. L. Wood,E. F. Zganjar +27 more
TL;DR: In this article, a general technique that corrects γ-ray gated β decay-curve data for detector pulse pile-up is presented, which includes corrections for non-zero time-resolution and energy-threshold effects in addition to a special treatment of saturating events due to cosmic rays.
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