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The reduced decay period of the triton, (ft 1/2)T=(1129.6±3)s, and the free-neutron decay period, (t 1/2)n=(616.7±;2.7±1.3) s, are determined from the experimental and theoretical values of the chemical shifts of atomic and molecular tritium.
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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 72, No. 4, 2000, pp. 236–239.
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Akulov, Y.A., Mamyrin, B.A. Constraints on the decay period of a free neutron from the characteristics of tritium beta decay. Jetp Lett. 72, 163–165 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1320103
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