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A nuclear track emulsion (NTE) is exposed to 60 MeV 8He nuclei. Measurements of decays of 8He nuclei stopped in NTE allow one to evaluate possibilities of α-spectrometry. Thermal drift of 8He atoms is observed. Knowledge of the energy and emission angles of α-particles allows one to derive the energy distribution of α-decays Q2α . The presence of a “tail” of large values Q2α is established.
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Artemenkov, D.A., Bezbakh, A.A., Bradnova, V. et al. 8He Nuclei Stopped in Nuclear Track Emulsion. Few-Body Syst 55, 733–736 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-014-0885-4
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