TY - JOUR A1 - Pietralla, Norbert A1 - Walz, Christopher A1 - Scheit, Heiko A1 - Aumann, Thomas A1 - Lefol, Ronan A1 - Ponomarev, V. Yu. T1 - First observation of the competitive double-gamma (γγ/γ) decay process T2 - Journal of physics. Conference Series N2 - First observation of the competitive double-γ decay process is presented. It is a second-order electromagnetic decay mode. The 662-keV transition from the 11/2− isomer of 137Ba to its ground state proceeds at a fraction of 2 x 10−6 by simultaneous emission of two γ quanta instead of one. The angular correlation and energy distribution of coincident γ quanta are reproduced by a dominant M2-E2 and a minor E3-M1 contribution to the double-γ decay branch. The data are well accounted for by a calculation in the Quasiparticle Phonon Model. Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63177 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-631771 SN - 1742-6596 N1 - Our research was supported by the DFG having funded the LaBr detectors within the grant SFB 634 at TU Darmstadt. It was partially funded also by HIC for FAIR within the LOEWE initiative of the State of Hesse. VL - 724 IS - art. 012039 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol ER -