Published November 2005 | Version v1
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Two-proton radioactivity studies with 45Fe and 48Ni

  • 1. CENBG, Le Haut Vigneau, B.P.120, F-33175 Gradignan Cedex (France)
  • 2. Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds, B.P.5027, F-14076 Caen Cedex (France)
  • 3. Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Celetijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven (Belgium)
  • 4. Faculte de Physique, USTHB, B.P.32, El Alia, 16111 Bab Ezzouar, Alger (Algeria)
  • 5. Institute of Atomic Physics, P.O. Box MG6, Bucharest-Margurele (Romania)
  • 6. Departamento de Fisica de Particulas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • 7. Institut de Physique Nucleaire d'Orsay, 15 rue Georges Clemenceau, F-91406 Orsay Cedex (France)
  • 8. Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321 (United States)
  • 9. Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, JINR, RU-141980 Dubna (Russian Federation)

Description

In an experiment at the SISSI/LISE3 facility of GANIL, we have studied the decay of the two proton-rich nuclei 45Fe and 48Ni. We identified 30 implantations of 45Fe and observed for the second time four implantation events of 48Ni. In 17 cases, 45Fe decays by two-proton emission with a decay energy of 1.154(16) MeV and a half-life of T1/2=1.6-0.3+0.5 ms. The observation of 48Ni and of its decay allows us to deduce a half-life of T1/2=2.1-0.7+2.1 ms. One out of four decay events is completely compatible with two-proton radioactivity and may therefore indicate that 48Ni has a two-proton radioactivity branch. We discuss all information now available on two-proton radioactivity for 45Fe and 48Ni and compare it to theoretical models

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 054315-054315.7
ISSN
0556-2813
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PRVCAN

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