First Observation of Beta-Delayed Two-Neutron Radioactivity: Li11

R. E. Azuma, L. C. Carraz, P. G. Hansen, B. Jonson, K. -L. Kratz, S. Mattsson, G. Nyman, H. Ohm, H. L. Ravn, A. Schröder, and W. Ziegert
Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 1652 – Published 26 November 1979
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Abstract

Neutron-neutron coincidences show that the β decay of 8.5-ms Li11 is followed by the emission of two neutrons in an intensity of (9±3)%.

  • Received 17 September 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1652

©1979 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

R. E. Azuma*, L. C. Carraz, P. G. Hansen, B. Jonson, K. -L. Kratz§, S. Mattsson, G. Nyman, H. Ohm§, H. L. Ravn, A. Schröder§, and W. Ziegert§

  • The ISOLDE Collaboration, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

  • *On sabbatical leave from Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Permanent address: Institute of Physics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
  • On leave from Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
  • §Permanent address: Institut für Kernchemie, Universität Mainz, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.
  • Permanent address: Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.

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Vol. 43, Iss. 22 — 26 November 1979

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