Search for heavy ion emission from the decay of U-230 - art. no. 044612

Authors
Pan, QY Yang, WF Yuan, SG Li, ZW Ma, TT Luo, YX Kong, DM Qiao, JM Luo, ZH Zhang, MT Wang, SH
Citation
Qy. Pan et al., Search for heavy ion emission from the decay of U-230 - art. no. 044612, PHYS REV C, 6204(4), 2000, pp. 4612
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW C
ISSN journal
05562813 → ACNP
Volume
6204
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(200010)6204:4<4612:SFHIEF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The exotic nuclear decay of U-230 by emission of heavy ions has been invest igated by use of Pa-230 --> U-230 sources and polyester track detectors. Af ter a run of 248 d, two cases of decay via heavy ion emission, which were m ost probably for the neon decays of U-230, were observed for the first time . The preliminary branching ratio for the emission of heavy ions relative t o alpha particles from U-230 comes out to be (1.3+/-0.8) x 10(-14).