Abstract
The decay of extremely neutron-deficient Fe45 has been studied in detail by means of a novel type of a gaseous detector employing digital imaging to record tracks of charged particles. The two-proton radioactivity channel was clearly identified. For the first time, the angular and energy correlations between two protons emitted from the nuclear ground state were determined, indicating the genuine three-body character of this decay. The half-life of Fe45 was found to be 2.6±0.2ms and the observed 2p decay branching ratio is 70±4%.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 192501 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 19 |
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| State | Published - Nov 5 2007 |