TY - JOUR A1 - Pietralla, Norbert A1 - Walz, Christopher A1 - Scheit, Heiko A1 - Aumann, Thomas A1 - Lefol, Ronan A1 - Ponomarev, V. Ju. T1 - First observation of the competitive double-gamma (“γγ/γ”) decay process T2 - The European physical journal. Web of Conferences N2 - First observation of the competitive double-γ decay process is presented. It is a second-order electromagnetic decay mode. The 662-keV decay transition from the 11/2− isomer of 137Ba to its ground state proceeds at a fraction of 2 × 10−6 by simultaneous emission of two γ quanta instead of one. The observed angular correlation and energy distribution of coincident γ quanta are well described by a dominant M2 – E2 and a minor E3 – M1 contribution to the double-γ decay branch. The data were well accounted for by a calculation using the Quasiparticle Phonon Model. Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/70610 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-706102 SN - 2100-014X N1 - This work was partially supported also by the Helmholtz International Center for FAIR (HIC for FAIR) funded within the LOEWE initiative of the State of Hesse. VL - 107 IS - art. 03002 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - EDP Sciences CY - Les Ulis ER -