Nuclear Decays and Measurement of Lifetime of excited 14.4 keV 57Fe

This book is designed as an advanced guide for experiments in Modern Physics. It covers the Nuclear Decays and Measurement of the Lifetime of the excited 14.4 keV level of 57Fe Experiment: introduction to nuclear decays, experimental decay and mean lifetime, decay scheme of 57Co by electron capture (EC) to an excited state of 57 Fe , experimental method, experimental setup, time calibration, the spectra, determination of the mean lifetime of the excited 14.4 keV level of 57Fe, experimental results, Chi Squared test (χ2), etc. It is included the deduction of many formulas and the statistical analysis in order to clear the concepts and to get the concordance between the theory and the experiment. It is hoped that this book fills all needs of the students to get the fundaments of advanced experiments and to achieve the interest and motivation of the students for the real nature of the Physics.