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Over the past decade we have attempted to develop a measurement capability for connecting visible and γ-ray reference wavelengths (1). This communication summarizes our procedures and gives a preliminary result from an initial measurement of 198Au (412 KeV).

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Deslattes, R.D., Kessler, E.G., Sauder, W.C., Henins, A. (1976). Visible to Gamma-Ray Wavelength Ratio. In: Sanders, J.H., Wapstra, A.H. (eds) Atomic Masses and Fundamental Constants 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2682-3_6

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