The analysis of natural radioactivity from U,Th and K in 357 soil samples collected from the province of Kütahya was carried out using a NaI(Tl) gamma-ray spectroscopy system at the Nuclear Physics Research Laboratory, Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Turkey. The specific activities ofU, Th andK in the soil samples were evaluated. From the activity concentrations of U,Th and K, the total absorbed outdoor gamma-ray dose rates and the corresponding annual effective dose rates were determined. The corresponding values of the external and internal hazard indices of all the soil samples were also calculated. The external gamma-ray dose rate at 1 m above the ground was directly measured at each collected soil sample location. The results obtained in this study were compared within the limits of values obtained in other cities of Turkey, those in other countries. Radiological maps of Kütahya Province were constructed from the results of this study.

A Variational Monte Carlo method (VMC) is described for the evaluation of the ground state properties of nuclear matter. Equilibrium properties of symmetric nuclear matter and neutron matter are calculated by the described VMC method. The Urbana ν 14 potential is used for the nucleon-nucleon interactions in the calculations. Three-and more-body interactions are included as a density dependent potential term. Total, kinetic and potential energies per particle are obtained for nuclear and neutron matter. Pressure values of nuclear and neutron matter are also calculated at various densities. The binding energy of nuclear matter is found to be −16.06 MeV at a saturation density of 0.16 fm −3 . The results obtained are in good agreement with those obtained by various authors with different potentials and techniques.

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The 0 + ↔ 0 − first-forbidden β decay transitions have been investigated for some spherical nuclei. The theoretical framework is based on a proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (pnQRPA). The Woods-Saxon potential basis has been used in our calculations. The transition probabilities have been calculated within the ξ approximation. The relativistic β moment matrix element has been calculated both directly without any assumption and assuming that it is proportional to the non-relativistic one.Keywords. First-forbidden β decay; proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation; shell model. PACSNos 23.40.Bw; 23.40.-s; 23.40.Hc

Abstract:A Variational Monte Carlo (VMC) method is employed to investigate the properties of symmetric and asymmetric nuclear matter. The realistic Urbana V 14 twonucleon interaction potential of Lagaris and Pandharipande was used to describe the microscopic interactions. Also, many body interactions are included as a density dependent term in the potential. Total kinetic and potential energies per particle are calculated for asymmetric nuclear matter by VMC method at various densities and isospin asymmetry parameters. The results are compared with data found in literature, and it was observed that the results obtained in this study reasonably agree with the results found in the literature. Also, the symmetry energy and incompressibility factor of the nuclear matter were obtained.