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Physics Letters B

Volume 33, Issue 4, 26 October 1970, Pages 284-286
Physics Letters B

Confirmed proton radioactivity of 53Com

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Abstract

Proton-induced reactions on 54Fe produce a proton activity [1.57±0.03 MeV; 242±15 ms] with a threshold of 26.3±0.4 MeV which can only arise from 53Com. Failure to detect positron-proton coincidences in the decay of this isomer establishes its direct proton radioactivity.

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