Search for direct two-proton radioactivity from Ti isotopes at the proton drip line

doi:10.1016/0375-9474(90)90445-R

Nuclear Physics A

Volume 519, Issue 3, 10 December 1990, Pages 529-547

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Abstract

The neutron-deficient isotopes ³⁹Ti and ⁴⁰Ti have been produced as fragments of ⁵⁸Ni projectiles at 65 MeV per nucleon. Decay by β-delayed charged-particle emission has been observed for both of them with half-lives of 26₋₇⁺⁸ ms for ³⁹Ti and 56₋₁₂⁺¹⁸ ms for ⁴⁰Ti. No evidence for direct two-proton emission from ³⁹Ti was obtained. The conditions that would make such a new radioactive mode possible are discussed.

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^☆: Experiment performed at the National Laboratory GANIL.

¹: Present address: LPC Caen-ISMRa, IN2P3-CNRS, 14050 Caen, France.

²: Present address: IPN, 91406, Orsay Cedex, France.

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Search for direct two-proton radioactivity from Ti isotopes at the proton drip line☆

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