Complete correlation studies of two-proton decays: Be-6 and Fe-45
Journal article, 2009
The complete three-body correlation pictures are experimentally reconstructed for the two-proton decays of the Be-6 and (45)e ground states. We are able to see qualitative similarities and differences between these decays. They demonstrate very good agreement with the predictions of a theoretical three-body cluster model. Validity of the theoretical methods for treatment of the three-body Coulombic decays of this class is thus established by the broad range of lifetimes and nuclear masses spanned by these cases. Implementations for decay dynamics and nuclear structure of 2p emitters are discussed. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
radioactivity
two-proton decay
three-body coulomb problem
hyperspherical harmonic method
mg-19
Author
L. V. Grigorenko
Helmholtz
National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
T. D. Wiser
Washington University in St. Louis
K. Miernik
University of Warsaw
R. J. Charity
Washington University in St. Louis
M. Pfutzner
University of Warsaw
A. Banu
Texas A&M University
C. R. Bingham
University of Tennessee
M. Cwiok
University of Warsaw
I. G. Darby
University of Tennessee
W. Dominik
University of Warsaw
J. M. Elson
Washington University in St. Louis
T. Ginter
Michigan State University
R. Grzywacz
University of Tennessee
Z. Janas
University of Warsaw
M. Karny
University of Warsaw
A. Korgul
University of Warsaw
S. N. Liddick
University of Tennessee
K. Mercurio
Washington University in St. Louis
M. Rajabali
University of Tennessee
K. Rykaczewski
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
R. Shane
Washington University in St. Louis
L. G. Sobotka
Washington University in St. Louis
A. Stolz
Michigan State University
L. Trache
Texas A&M University
R. E. Tribble
Texas A&M University
A. H. Wuosmaa
Western Michigan University
Mikhail Zhukov
Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
0370-2693 (ISSN)
Vol. 677 1-2 30-35Subject Categories
Subatomic Physics
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.04.085