Studies of 48Ni using the optical time projection chamber

  • M. Pomorski
  • , M. Pfützner
  • , W. Dominik
  • , R. Grzywacz
  • , T. Baumann
  • , J. Berryman
  • , H. Czyrkowski
  • , R. Dabrowski
  • , T. Ginter
  • , L. Grigorenko
  • , J. Johnson
  • , G. Kaminski
  • , A. Kuzniak
  • , N. Larson
  • , S. N. Liddick
  • , M. Madurga
  • , C. Mazzocchi
  • , S. Mianowski
  • , K. Miernik
  • , D. Miller
  • S. Palauskas, J. Pereira, K. P. Rykaczewski, A. Stolz, S. Suchyta

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    Abstract

    The decay of the extremely neutron deficient 48Ni was studied by means of an imaging time projection chamber which allowed recording tracks of charged particles. Four decays with two-proton tracks clearly corresponding to two-proton radioactivity were registered, providing the first direct evidence for this decay mode in 48Ni. The half-life of 48Ni is determined to be T 1/2 = 2.1 +1/4 -0.4ms. The measured decay energy is 1.28(6)MeV.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)267-272
    Number of pages6
    JournalActa Physica Polonica B
    Volume43
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Feb 2012

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