First evidence for the two-proton decay of 45Fe

  • M. Pfützner
  • , E. Badura
  • , C. Bingham
  • , B. Blank
  • , M. Chartier
  • , H. Geissel
  • , J. Giovinazzo
  • , L. V. Grigorenko
  • , R. Grzywacz
  • , M. Hellström
  • , Z. Janas
  • , J. Kurcewicz
  • , A. S. Lalleman
  • , C. Mazzocchi
  • , I. Mukha
  • , G. Münzenberg
  • , C. Plettner
  • , E. Roeckl
  • , K. P. Rykaczewski
  • , K. Schmidt
  • R. S. Simon, M. Stanoiu, J. C. Thomas

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    Abstract

    Decays of five 45Fe atoms have been observed at the fragment separator of GSI. Whereas one event is consistent with the β-decay of 45Fe accompanied by the emission of a 10 MeV proton, four decays are consistent with the emission of particle(s) of total energy 1.1 ± 0.1 MeV. This observation represents the first evidence for two-proton ground-state radioactivity, a decay mode predicted for 45Fe. The time distribution of the observed decay events corresponds to a half-life of 3.2-1.0+2.6 ms.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)279-285
    Number of pages7
    JournalEuropean Physical Journal A
    Volume14
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 2002

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