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Bibliographic record
Abstract
The $\ensuremath{\beta}$-delayed $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ decay of $^{16}\mathrm{N}$ has been used to restrict the $E1$ fraction of the ground state $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ transition in the astrophysically important $^{12}\mathrm{C}$$(\ensuremath{\alpha},\ensuremath{\gamma})$$^{16}\mathrm{O}$ reaction in several experiments. A review of the published measurements is given, and GEANT4 simulations and $R$-matrix calculations are presented to further clarify the observed $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ spectra. A clear response function, in the form of a low-energy tail from the scattering of $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ particles in the catcher foil, is observed in these simulations for any foil thickness. Contrary to claims in the literature, the simulations show that the TRIUMF measurement and those performed at Yale and Mainz originate from the same underlying spectrum. The simulations suggest that the discrepancies between the Yale and TRIUMF final results can be attributed to incorrect deconvolution methods applied in the former case. The simulations show in general that the form (width) of the spectrum is very sensitive to the catcher foil thickness. It is concluded that the TRIUMF measurement most likely represents the currently closest approximation to the true $\ensuremath{\beta}$-delayed $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-decay spectrum of $^{16}\mathrm{N}$.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.013 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.004 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.004 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.010 | 0.010 |
| Open science | 0.006 | 0.005 |
| Research integrity | 0.004 | 0.006 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.457 | 0.600 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".