TY - JOUR AU - Bilous, P. V. AU - Yatsenko, L. P. PY - 2019/01/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Analysis of Parasitic Signals in the Method of Recoil Nuclei Applied to Direct Observation of the 229mTh Isomeric State JF - Ukrainian Journal of Physics JA - Ukr. J. Phys. VL - 60 IS - 4 SE - Physics experiment techniques DO - 10.15407/ujpe60.04.0371 UR - https://ujp.bitp.kiev.ua/index.php/ujp/article/view/2019252 SP - 371 AB - <p>We carry out necessary theoretical justifications for the method of recoil nuclei in application to the direct observation of the 229mTh isomeric state. We consider Cherenkov radiation, phosphorescence, and fluorescence in a crystal plate, which is used for collecting the thorium recoil nuclei, and discuss the ways to avoid these parasitic signals in order to successfully reveal 229mTh decay photons.</p> ER -