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First observation of two-proton radioactivity of 45Fe

Abstract

In experiments at the FRS of GSI and at the SISSI-LISE3 facility of GANIL, the decay of the proton drip-line nucleus 45Fe has been studied after projectile fragmentation of a 58Ni primary beam. Fragment-implantation events have been correlated with radioactive decay events in silicon telescopes on an event-by-event basis. The decay-energy spectrum of 45Fe implants shows a distinct peak consistent with a two-proton ground-state decay of 45Fe. None of the events in the peak were found to be in coincidence with {gamma} radiation or with {beta} particles which were searched for in the telescope-surrounding detectors. The decay energy for 45Fe agrees nicely with several theoretical predictions for two-proton emission. These predictions strongly support the observed decay to be a simultaneous two-proton ground-state decay.
Authors:
Blank, B; Giovinazzo, J; Chartier, M; Czajkowski, S; Fleury, A; Lalleman, A S; Jimenez, M.J. Lopez; Pravikoff, M S; Thomas, J -C; [1]  Pfuetzner, M; Grzywacz, R; Janas, Z; Kurcewicz, J; [2]  Badura, E; Geissel, H; Grigorenko, L V; Hellstroem, M; Mazzocchi, C; Mukha, I; Muenzenberg, G [3] 
  1. CEN Bordeaux-Gradignan, Le Haut-Vigneau, F-33175 Gradignan Cedex (France)
  2. Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, PL-00-681 Warsaw (Poland)
  3. GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany); and others
Publication Date:
Mar 03, 2003
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings; Journal Volume: 656; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: Conference on frontiers of nuclear structure, Berkeley, CA (United States), 29 Jul - 2 Aug 2002; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1556627; (c) 2003 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); PBD: 3 Mar 2003
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GAMMA RADIATION; GANIL CYCLOTRON; GROUND STATES; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; IRON 45; NICKEL 58; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION; PROTON-EMISSION DECAY; PROTONS; RADIOACTIVITY; SI SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
OSTI ID:
20621496
Country of Origin:
United States
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X; APCPCS; TRN: US03C6457065146
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 83-90
Announcement Date:
Aug 28, 2005

Citation Formats

Blank, B, Giovinazzo, J, Chartier, M, Czajkowski, S, Fleury, A, Lalleman, A S, Jimenez, M.J. Lopez, Pravikoff, M S, Thomas, J -C, Pfuetzner, M, Grzywacz, R, Janas, Z, Kurcewicz, J, Badura, E, Geissel, H, Grigorenko, L V, Hellstroem, M, Mazzocchi, C, Mukha, I, and Muenzenberg, G. First observation of two-proton radioactivity of 45Fe. United States: N. p., 2003. Web. doi:10.1063/1.1556627.
Blank, B, Giovinazzo, J, Chartier, M, Czajkowski, S, Fleury, A, Lalleman, A S, Jimenez, M.J. Lopez, Pravikoff, M S, Thomas, J -C, Pfuetzner, M, Grzywacz, R, Janas, Z, Kurcewicz, J, Badura, E, Geissel, H, Grigorenko, L V, Hellstroem, M, Mazzocchi, C, Mukha, I, & Muenzenberg, G. First observation of two-proton radioactivity of 45Fe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1556627
Blank, B, Giovinazzo, J, Chartier, M, Czajkowski, S, Fleury, A, Lalleman, A S, Jimenez, M.J. Lopez, Pravikoff, M S, Thomas, J -C, Pfuetzner, M, Grzywacz, R, Janas, Z, Kurcewicz, J, Badura, E, Geissel, H, Grigorenko, L V, Hellstroem, M, Mazzocchi, C, Mukha, I, and Muenzenberg, G. 2003. "First observation of two-proton radioactivity of 45Fe." United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1556627.
@misc{etde_20621496,
title = {First observation of two-proton radioactivity of 45Fe}
author = {Blank, B, Giovinazzo, J, Chartier, M, Czajkowski, S, Fleury, A, Lalleman, A S, Jimenez, M.J. Lopez, Pravikoff, M S, Thomas, J -C, Pfuetzner, M, Grzywacz, R, Janas, Z, Kurcewicz, J, Badura, E, Geissel, H, Grigorenko, L V, Hellstroem, M, Mazzocchi, C, Mukha, I, and Muenzenberg, G}
abstractNote = {In experiments at the FRS of GSI and at the SISSI-LISE3 facility of GANIL, the decay of the proton drip-line nucleus 45Fe has been studied after projectile fragmentation of a 58Ni primary beam. Fragment-implantation events have been correlated with radioactive decay events in silicon telescopes on an event-by-event basis. The decay-energy spectrum of 45Fe implants shows a distinct peak consistent with a two-proton ground-state decay of 45Fe. None of the events in the peak were found to be in coincidence with {gamma} radiation or with {beta} particles which were searched for in the telescope-surrounding detectors. The decay energy for 45Fe agrees nicely with several theoretical predictions for two-proton emission. These predictions strongly support the observed decay to be a simultaneous two-proton ground-state decay.}
doi = {10.1063/1.1556627}
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issue = {1}
volume = {656}
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place = {United States}
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}