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process is effectively impossible to observe. However, in nuclei where β decay is forbidden but ββ decay is allowed, the process can be seen and a half-life measured. Thus, ββ decay is usually studied only for beta stable nuclei. Like single beta decay, double beta decay does not change
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attempted to resolve the beta-particle energy conundrum by suggesting that, in addition to electrons and protons, atomic nuclei also contained an extremely light neutral particle, which he called the neutron. He suggested that this "neutron" was also emitted during beta decay (thus accounting for the
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The beta spectrum, or distribution of energy values for the beta particles, is continuous. The total energy of the decay process is divided between the electron, the antineutrino, and the recoiling nuclide. In the figure to the right, an example of an electron with 0.40 MeV energy from the beta decay
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A very small minority of free neutron decays (about four per million) are so-called "two-body decays", in which the proton, electron and antineutrino are produced, but the electron fails to gain the 13.6 eV energy necessary to escape the proton, and therefore simply remains bound to it, as a neutral
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corresponds to no parity change or parity change, respectively. The special case of a transition between isobaric analogue states, where the structure of the final state is very similar to the structure of the initial state, is referred to as "superallowed" for beta decay, and proceeds very quickly.
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Usually unstable nuclides are clearly either "neutron rich" or "proton rich", with the former undergoing beta decay and the latter undergoing electron capture (or more rarely, due to the higher energy requirements, positron decay). However, in a few cases of odd-proton, odd-neutron radionuclides, it
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For fully ionized atoms (bare nuclei), it is possible in likewise manner for electrons to fail to escape the atom, and to be emitted from the nucleus into low-lying atomic bound states (orbitals). This cannot occur for neutral atoms with low-lying bound states which are already filled by electrons.
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The analogous calculation for electron capture must take into account the binding energy of the electrons. This is because the atom will be left in an excited state after capturing the electron, and the binding energy of the captured innermost electron is significant. Using the generic equation for
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is therefore also the sum of the kinetic energies of the emitted beta particle, neutrino, and recoiling nucleus. (Because of the large mass of the nucleus compared to that of the beta particle and neutrino, the kinetic energy of the recoiling nucleus can generally be neglected.) Beta particles can
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Graph of isotopes by type of nuclear decay. Orange and blue nuclides are unstable, with the black squares between these regions representing stable nuclides. The unbroken line passing below many of the nuclides represents the theoretical position on the graph of nuclides for which proton number is
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particles). These particles have lepton number +1, while their antiparticles have lepton number −1. Since a proton or neutron has lepton number zero, β decay (a positron, or antielectron) must be accompanied with an electron neutrino, while β decay (an electron) must be accompanied by an electron
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Some nuclei can undergo double beta decay (ββ decay) where the charge of the nucleus changes by two units. Double beta decay is difficult to study, as the process has an extremely long half-life. In nuclei for which both β decay and ββ decay are possible, the rarer ββ decay
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might be violated in any given decay. However, the upper bound in beta energies determined by Ellis and Mott ruled out that notion. Now, the problem of how to account for the variability of energy in known beta decay products, as well as for conservation of momentum and angular momentum in the
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The Fermi function that appears in the beta spectrum formula accounts for the Coulomb attraction / repulsion between the emitted beta and the final state nucleus. Approximating the associated wavefunctions to be spherically symmetric, the Fermi function can be analytically calculated to be:
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separated radioactive emissions into two types: alpha and beta (now beta minus), based on penetration of objects and ability to cause ionization. Alpha rays could be stopped by thin sheets of paper or aluminium, whereas beta rays could penetrate several millimetres of aluminium. In 1900,
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is sometimes included as a type of beta decay, because the basic nuclear process, mediated by the weak force, is the same. In electron capture, an inner atomic electron is captured by a proton in the nucleus, transforming it into a neutron, and an
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at cold temperatures that proved that parity is not conserved in beta decay. This surprising result overturned long-held assumptions about parity and the weak force. In recognition of their theoretical work, Lee and Yang were awarded the
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was conserved in weak interactions, and so they postulated that this symmetry may not be preserved by the weak force. They sketched the design for an experiment for testing conservation of parity in the laboratory. Later that year,
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is the mass of the electron antineutrino. In other words, the total energy released is the mass energy of the initial nucleus, minus the mass energy of the final nucleus, electron, and antineutrino. The mass of the nucleus
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Ivanov, A. N.; Höllwieser, R.; Troitskaya, N. I.; Wellenzohn, M.; Berdnikov, Ya. A. (2018-11-30). "Gauge properties of hadronic structure of nucleon in neutron radiative beta decay to order O(α/π) in standard
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leading to creation of an electron/antineutrino or positron/neutrino pair. For example, a neutron, composed of two down quarks and an up quark, decays to a proton composed of a down quark and two up quarks.
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Another possibility is that a fully ionized atom undergoes greatly accelerated β decay, as observed for Re by Bosch et al., also at Darmstadt. Neutral Re does undergo β decay with a half-life of
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may be energetically favorable for the radionuclide to decay to an even-proton, even-neutron isobar either by undergoing beta-positive or beta-negative decay. An often-cited example is the single isotope
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Because the binding energy of the electron is much less than the mass of the electron, nuclei that can undergo β decay can always also undergo electron capture, but the reverse is not true.
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Ivanov, A. N.; Höllwieser, R.; Troitskaya, N. I.; Wellenzohn, M.; Berdnikov, Ya. A. (2017-06-26). "Precision theoretical analysis of neutron radiative beta decay to order O ( α 2 / π 2 )".
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between the initial and final states of the nucleus (assuming an allowed transition). In the non-relativistic limit, the nuclear part of the operator for a Fermi transition is given by
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Electron capture is a competing (simultaneous) decay process for all nuclei that can undergo β decay. The converse, however, is not true: electron capture is the
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to make more accurate measurements which showed that the spectrum was continuous. The distribution of beta particle energies was in apparent contradiction to the
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in 1913 showed multiple lines on a diffuse background. These measurements offered the first hint that beta particles have a continuous spectrum. In 1914,
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is a stable isotope, the fully ionized Dy undergoes β decay into the K and L shells with a half-life of 47 days. The resulting nucleus –
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All emitted neutrinos are of the same energy. In proton-rich nuclei where the energy difference between the initial and final states is less than 2
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between the initial and final states of the nucleus (assuming an allowed transition). In this case, the nuclear part of the operator is given by
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the same as neutron number. The graph shows that elements with more than 20 protons must have more neutrons than protons, in order to be stable.
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Venkataramaiah, P.; Gopala, K.; Basavaraju, A.; Suryanarayana, S. S.; Sanjeeviah, H. (1985). "A simple relation for the Fermi function".
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Cowan, C. L. Jr.; Reines, F.; Harrison, F. B.; Kruse, H. W.; McGuire, A. D. (1956). "Detection of the Free Neutrino: a Confirmation".
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for a beta particle is the same as for Thomson's electron, and therefore suggested that the beta particle is in fact an electron.
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identified a still more penetrating type of radiation, which Rutherford identified as a fundamentally new type in 1903 and termed
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allowed. This is a process during which a nucleus captures one of its atomic electrons, resulting in the emission of a neutrino:
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of atoms into atoms of other chemical elements. In 1913, after the products of more radioactive decays were known, Soddy and
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Bosch, F.; et al. (1996). "Observation of bound-state beta minus decay of fully ionized Re: Re–Os Cosmochronometry".
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type of decay that is allowed in proton-rich nuclides that do not have sufficient energy to emit a positron and neutrino.
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is a beta decay in which the spins of the emitted electron (positron) and anti-neutrino (neutrino) couple to total spin
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is a beta decay in which the spins of the emitted electron (positron) and anti-neutrino (neutrino) couple to total spin
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is a short-lived nuclide which does not exist in nature. In recognition of their discovery, the couple were awarded the
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of Bi is shown. In this example, the total decay energy is 1.16 MeV, so the antineutrino has the remaining energy:
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renamed Pauli's "neutron" the "neutrino" ('little neutral one' in Italian). In 1933, Fermi published his landmark
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Smoliar, M.I.; Walker, R.J.; Morgan, J.W. (1996). "Re-Os ages of group IIA, IIIA, IVA, and IVB iron meteorites".
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That is, the total atomic mass is the mass of the nucleus, plus the mass of the electrons, minus the sum of all
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For allowed decays, the net orbital angular momentum is zero, hence only spin quantum numbers are considered.
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there is one that is most stable. It is said to be beta stable, because it presents a local minimum of the
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will occur. Most neutrino physicists believe that neutrinoless double beta decay has never been observed.
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Schenter, G. K.; Vogel, P. (1983). "A simple approximation of the fermi function in nuclear beta decay".
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known missing energy, momentum, and angular momentum), but it had simply not yet been observed. In 1931,
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is a shape function that depends on the forbiddenness of the decay (it is constant for allowed decays),
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Chadwick, J. (1914). "Intensitätsverteilung im magnetischen Spektren der β-Strahlen von Radium B + C".
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Most naturally occurring nuclides on earth are beta stable. Nuclides that are not beta stable have
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Konopinski, E. J.; Rose, M. E. (1966). "The Theory of nuclear Beta Decay". In Siegbhan, K. (ed.).
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so all leptons have assigned a value of +1, antileptons −1, and non-leptonic particles 0.
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In this form of decay, the original element becomes a new chemical element in a process known as
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As an example, the beta decay spectrum of Bi (originally called RaE) is shown to the right.
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Frauenfelder, H.; et al. (1957). "Parity and the Polarization of Electrons fromCo60".
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Other decay modes, which are rare, are known as bound state decay and double beta decay.
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of the decaying nucleus, and X and X′ are the initial and final elements, respectively.
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obtained strong evidence that the beta spectrum has an effective upper bound in energy.
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A beta spectrum, showing a typical division of energy between electron and antineutrino
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that is increased by one. As in all nuclear decays, the decaying element (in this case
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For forbidden decays, orbital angular momentum must also be taken into consideration.
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The study of beta decay provided the first physical evidence for the existence of the
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effective theory with QED and linear sigma model of strong low-energy interactions".
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Helicity (polarization) of neutrinos, electrons and positrons emitted in beta decay
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of the decay. The kinetic energy of the emitted neutrino is given approximately by
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However, in this equation, the electron masses do not cancel, and we are left with
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Alvarez, L. W. (1938). "Electron Capture and Internal Conversion in Gallium 67".
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is defined as the total energy released in a given nuclear decay. In beta decay,
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This may be considered as the decay of a proton inside the nucleus to a neutron:
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and half-integral for nuclei of odd mass number. This was later explained by the
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This energy is carried away as kinetic energy by the electron and antineutrino.
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doesn't change. It is only the baryon flavor that changes, here labelled as the
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Rodejohann, W. (2012). "Neutrinoless double beta decay and neutrino physics".
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ranging from under a second to periods of time significantly greater than the
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Wu, C.-S.; Ambler, E.; Hayward, R. W.; Hoppes, D. D.; Hudson, R. P. (1957).
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Bijker, R.; Santopinto, E. (2015). "Valence and sea quarks in the nucleon".
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can be applied. This leads to an expression for the kinetic energy spectrum
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on the right), this is caused by the conversion of the negatively charged (
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Jung, M.; et al. (1992). "First observation of bound-state β decay".
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If the captured electron comes from the innermost shell of the atom, the
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boson subsequently decays into an electron and an electron antineutrino:
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emits a positron identical to those found in cosmic rays (discovered by
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bombarded aluminium with alpha particles to effect the nuclear reaction
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The higher the energy of the particles, the higher their polarization.
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of the electron is 511 keV, the most energetic beta particles are
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in 1957. However Wu, who was female, was not awarded the Nobel prize.
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Alvarez, L. W. (1938). "The Capture of Orbital Electrons by Nuclei".
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Fundamentals in Nuclear Physics: From Nuclear Structure to Cosmology
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used to study cathode rays and identify the electron. He found that
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has to be stable with regard to both single and double beta decay.
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Fermi, E. (1934). "Versuch einer Theorie der β-Strahlen. I".
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Beta decays can be classified according to the angular momentum (
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The equations for β decay are similar, with the generic equation
5834: value is positive, β decay can occur when the mass of atom 9585: 8430:(i.e., they are their own antiparticles), then a decay known as 3081:. Two diagrams comprise the leading (second) order, though as a 2869: 1071: 10201: 8356:– is stable only in the fully ionized state and will decay via 6707: 6692: 6660: 6655: 6559: 6544: 6492: 6487: 6238: 6223: 6191: 6186: 6077: 6062: 6023: 6018: 5788: 5775: 5743: 5738: 5696:
is found similarly. Substituting these nuclear masses into the
5672: 5659: 5606: 5601: 5467: 5462: 5416: 5411: 5264: 5259: 5146: 5133: 5094: 5089: 1433: 4723: 4719: 1903:
and others. K-electron capture was first observed in 1937 by
8309:. In this type of beta decay, in essence all of the neutron 7921: 7688: 3812:, there is only one known beta-stable isobar. For even  3201:
An example of electron capture is one of the decay modes of
3085:, the type (and charge) of the W-boson is indistinguishable. 1500:. Alpha, beta, and gamma are the first three letters of the 4328: 1666:
had suggested that the beta spectrum could be explained if
2872:
of the neutron being greater than the mass of the proton.
1339:
An example of positron emission (β decay) is the decay of
1082:
An example of electron emission (β decay) is the decay of
10064:
Bilenky, S. M. (2010). "Neutrinoless double beta-decay".
8060:, which can produce a spin-flip in the decaying nucleon. 9079:"Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay" 8187:{\displaystyle \Delta J=L-1,L,L+1;\Delta \pi =(-1)^{L},} 9897:
Daudel, Raymond; Jean, Maurice; Lecoin, Marcel (1947).
9446:. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Archived from 9417:. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Archived from 8730:
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
8699:
Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911-1934
4631:, spin-1/2 objects, therefore they may couple to total 3942:, as it is through neutron decay by electron emission ( 9036:"Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions" 8868:
Discovering Alvarez: Selected Works of Luis W. Alvarez
7835:
running over all protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
7542:) is a graph used in studying beta decay developed by 4492: 4229: 1542:
showed that alpha and beta radioactivity involves the
8923:
Alvarez, L. W. (1937). "Nuclear K Electron Capture".
8419:; thus, at least one of the nuclides with some given 8113: 8042: 8015: 7917: 7879: 7853: 7821: 7787: 7760: 7684: 7655: 7629: 7526:
Other approximations can be found in the literature.
7447: 7385: 7323: 7270: 7068: 6969: 6826: 6627: 6452: 6158: 5983: 5710: 5632: 5577: 5394: 5338: 5311: 5235: 5054: 4663: 4637: 4490: 4435: 4360: 4262: 4158: 4129: 4064: 3752:
may turn into each other via beta decay. For a given
7558:
After the discovery of parity non-conservation (see
10450: 10429: 10406: 10315: 10235: 1066:Beta decay conserves a quantum number known as the 9771:Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 8186: 8048: 8028: 8001: 7903: 7865: 7827: 7800: 7773: 7746: 7670: 7641: 7516: 7412: 7371: 7309: 7231: 7028: 6909: 6754: 6613: 6288: 6144: 5819: 5688: 5618: 5571:for the atom. This equation is rearranged to find 5552: 5365: 5324: 5276: 5217: 4675: 4649: 4609: 4475:{\displaystyle L\equiv n_{\ell }-n_{\bar {\ell }}} 4474: 4415: 4334: 4248: 4176: 4142: 4112: 9440:"WWW Table of Radioactive Isotopes, Potassium 40" 8753:Brown, L. M. (1978). "The idea of the neutrino". 4113:{\displaystyle B={\frac {n_{q}-n_{\bar {q}}}{3}}} 4002:, which undergoes all three types of beta decay ( 963:by the emission of an electron accompanied by an 8371:in the neutral state. The half life for neutral 6769:is the binding energy of the captured electron. 6298:Because the reaction will proceed only when the 5830:Because the reaction will proceed only when the 4922:Microcalorimeter Arrays for a Rhenium Experiment 4809:Second lowest known β energy, being used in the 3796:have higher mass excess and can beta decay into 3367:one chemical element into another. For example: 1670:was true only in a statistical sense, thus this 8900:"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968: Luis Alvarez" 7559: 3873:are all beta-stable. There are about 350 known 3808:, but not vice versa. For all odd mass numbers 9411:"WWW Table of Radioactive Isotopes, Copper 64" 8630:Basdevant, J.-L.; Rich, J.; Spiro, M. (2005). 7310:{\displaystyle S={\sqrt {1-\alpha ^{2}Z^{2}}}} 7029:{\displaystyle p={\sqrt {(E/c)^{2}-(mc)^{2}}}} 6910:{\displaystyle N(T)=C_{L}(T)F(Z,T)pE(Q-T)^{2}} 2066:increased by one, while emitting an electron ( 955:of that nuclide. For example, beta decay of a 10213: 8087: values to be accompanied by changes in 8036:the weak axial-vector coupling constant, and 4948:Consider the generic equation for beta decay 904: 8: 9502:"Energy and Momentum Spectra for Beta Decay" 9468: 9466: 9464: 8595:Cottingham, W. N.; Greenwood, D. A. (1986). 7372:{\displaystyle \eta =\pm Ze^{2}E/(\hbar cp)} 6803:as described in quantum mechanics, and thus 6347:by at least twice the mass of the electron. 3721:Beta decay does not change the number ( 1246:Another example is the decay of hydrogen-3 ( 8665:(Third ed.). Elsevier Inc. p. 3. 7439:), this expression can be approximated by: 10426: 10220: 10206: 10198: 10059: 10057: 5366:{\displaystyle m_{{\overline {\nu }}_{e}}} 4746: 4038:and electron capture) with a half-life of 1220:while the resulting element (in this case 911: 897: 81: 10079: 9782: 9243: 9232:International Journal of Modern Physics A 9177: 9104: 9061: 8555: 8506: 8504: 8502: 8500: 8498: 8175: 8112: 8041: 8020: 8014: 7990: 7979: 7978: 7971: 7960: 7959: 7952: 7942: 7926: 7920: 7919: 7916: 7878: 7852: 7820: 7792: 7786: 7765: 7759: 7735: 7724: 7723: 7716: 7706: 7693: 7687: 7686: 7683: 7654: 7628: 7493: 7469: 7446: 7402: 7396: 7384: 7349: 7340: 7322: 7299: 7289: 7277: 7269: 7220: 7215: 7188: 7179: 7160: 7135: 7090: 7067: 7018: 6996: 6984: 6976: 6968: 6901: 6846: 6825: 6743: 6730: 6706: 6697: 6691: 6690: 6680: 6659: 6654: 6646: 6626: 6602: 6585: 6580: 6558: 6549: 6543: 6542: 6532: 6522: 6509: 6491: 6486: 6478: 6468: 6451: 6277: 6262: 6237: 6228: 6222: 6221: 6211: 6190: 6185: 6177: 6157: 6133: 6116: 6111: 6098: 6076: 6067: 6061: 6060: 6050: 6040: 6022: 6017: 6009: 5999: 5982: 5811: 5787: 5774: 5773: 5763: 5742: 5737: 5729: 5709: 5671: 5658: 5657: 5647: 5637: 5631: 5605: 5600: 5592: 5582: 5576: 5541: 5531: 5520: 5507: 5497: 5481: 5466: 5461: 5453: 5443: 5430: 5415: 5410: 5402: 5393: 5355: 5345: 5343: 5337: 5316: 5310: 5263: 5258: 5250: 5240: 5234: 5209: 5192: 5182: 5180: 5167: 5145: 5132: 5131: 5121: 5111: 5093: 5088: 5080: 5070: 5053: 4920:Lowest known β energy, being used in the 4744:The following table gives some examples: 4662: 4636: 4552: 4541: 4540: 4526: 4521: 4508: 4496: 4491: 4489: 4460: 4459: 4446: 4434: 4404: 4391: 4374: 4365: 4359: 4320: 4308: 4296: 4284: 4276: 4267: 4261: 4236: 4228: 4163: 4157: 4134: 4128: 4092: 4091: 4078: 4071: 4063: 3969:Stability of naturally occurring nuclides 3359:If the proton and neutron are part of an 1631:. Molecular band spectra showed that the 1047:The two types of beta decay are known as 9861:Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy 9732:(1948). "On the Use of the Kurie Plot". 9320: 9318: 8691: 8689: 8217: 8211:values for the first few values of  7873:, leading to an angular momentum change 7649:, leading to an angular momentum change 7379:(+ for electrons, − for positrons), and 4196:or, in the case of positive beta decay ( 4184:is the number of constituent antiquarks. 4150:is the number of constituent quarks, and 3048: 2413:) down quark to the positively charged ( 1923:noticed that there was no evidence that 1839:in 1932). This was the first example of 1816:, and observed that the product isotope 1459:Radioactivity was discovered in 1896 by 29: 8748: 8746: 8744: 8494: 8320:Bound-state β decays were predicted by 7407: 7357: 7264:the radius of the final state nucleus) 6949:the charge of the final-state nucleus, 6945:is the Fermi Function (see below) with 1899:in a 1934 paper, and then developed by 84: 9572:Mott, N. F.; Massey, H. S. W. (1933). 7048:minus the kinetic energy of the beta. 3363:, the above described decay processes 3039:Electron capture (K-capture/L-capture) 1936:showing an asymmetrical beta decay of 1521:) for beta particles by the method of 1455:Discovery and initial characterization 1254:with a half-life of about 12.3 years: 8543:Journal of Physics: Conference Series 3729:in the nucleus, but changes only its 7: 9473:Kenneth S. Krane (5 November 1987). 8857: 8855: 8313:is carried off by the antineutrino. 1183:. This new element has an unchanged 8836:"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935" 8330:Darmstadt Heavy-Ion Research Center 7781:the weak vector coupling constant, 6755:{\displaystyle Q=\leftc^{2}-B_{n},} 2948:boson is emitted, it decays into a 1649:proton-neutron model of the nucleus 1627:A second problem is related to the 1003:Beta decay is a consequence of the 990: 10184:The Live Chart of Nuclides - IAEA 8662:Handbook of Radioactivity Analysis 8598:An introduction to nuclear physics 8153: 8114: 7880: 7656: 7413:{\displaystyle \rho =r_{N}/\hbar } 7193: 7113: 6799:Beta decay can be considered as a 5284:is the mass of the nucleus of the 4627:The electron and antineutrino are 1347:with a half-life of about 11.3 s: 25: 9915:10.1051/jphysrad:0194700808023800 9362:Springer Science + Business Media 9357:Nuclear Principles in Engineering 9140:"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957" 5855:is greater than the mass of atom 5332:is the mass of the electron, and 4177:{\displaystyle n_{\overline {q}}} 4050:Conservation rules for beta decay 10177: 10166:from the original on 2022-10-09. 9865:North-Holland Publishing Company 9034:Lee, T. D.; Yang, C. N. (1956). 7904:{\displaystyle \Delta J=0,\pm 1} 6795:= 1.16 MeV is the maximum energy 4748:Examples of beta decay energies 4737:, with speeds very close to the 2032:. For higher-order diagrams see 1728: decay and electron capture 1705:Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment 1629:conservation of angular momentum 1554:, which states that beta (i.e., 1507:In 1900, Becquerel measured the 878: 877: 864: 92: 10067:Physics of Particles and Nuclei 9647:Nuclear Science and Engineering 9574:The Theory of Atomic Collisions 9386:"Interactive Chart of Nuclides" 8511:Konya, J.; Nagy, N. M. (2012). 8203:The following table lists the Δ 8103:). The selection rules for the 8075:, the decay is referred to as " 7577:Types of beta decay transitions 3881:Competition of beta decay types 1467:, and subsequently observed by 10157:Brookhaven National Laboratory 9801:10.1088/0954-3899/39/12/124008 8864:"K-Electron Capture by Nuclei" 8659:L'Annunziata, Michael (2012). 8574:10.1088/1742-6596/578/1/012015 8432:neutrinoless double beta decay 8328:in 1992 by Jung et al. of the 8172: 8162: 8107:th forbidden transitions are: 7984: 7965: 7813:raising and lowering operators 7729: 7463: 7451: 7366: 7354: 7216: 7211: 7196: 7189: 7157: 7144: 7132: 7116: 7108: 7096: 7084: 7072: 7015: 7005: 6993: 6978: 6898: 6885: 6876: 6864: 6858: 6852: 6836: 6830: 4706:therefore be emitted with any 4546: 4503: 4465: 4410: 4384: 4097: 3772:numbers, the neighbour nuclei 1444:1.16 MeV − 0.40 MeV = 0.76 MeV 1015:, and the weak force allows a 1: 9995:10.1126/science.271.5252.1099 8484:Total absorption spectroscopy 7245:is the final momentum, Γ the 6818:of emitted betas as follows: 6614:{\displaystyle Q=\leftc^{2},} 6289:{\displaystyle Q=\leftc^{2}.} 6145:{\displaystyle Q=\leftc^{2}.} 4249:{\textstyle I={\frac {1}{2}}} 1622:law of conservation of energy 1550:independently proposed their 9878:An Overview Of Neutron Decay 9476:Introductory Nuclear Physics 8814:10.1126/science.124.3212.103 7801:{\displaystyle \tau _{\pm }} 7423:For non-relativistic betas ( 5820:{\displaystyle Q=\leftc^{2}} 5350: 5218:{\displaystyle Q=\leftc^{2}} 5187: 4805: 4208:so the number of individual 4168: 2433:) up quark by emission of a 2240:Another example is when the 1932:and coworkers conducted the 1552:radioactive displacement law 979:ratio of protons to neutrons 10139:University of Chicago Press 10040:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.5190 9952:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2164 8872:University of Chicago Press 8513:Nuclear and Radio-chemistry 5381:is related to the standard 4722:, but can range from a few 3371: 2281: decay into a proton ( 658:High-energy nuclear physics 10504: 9623:10.1088/0305-4616/11/3/014 9196:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.113006 8866:. In Trower, P. W. (ed.). 8603:Cambridge University Press 8407: 7671:{\displaystyle \Delta J=0} 7580: 4426:Lepton number is conserved 4055:Baryon number is conserved 3875:beta-decay stable nuclides 3352: 3042: 2560: 2387:level (as depicted in the 1911:Non-conservation of parity 10187:with filter on decay type 10098:10.1134/S1063779610050035 9262:10.1142/S0217751X18501993 6711: 6664: 6563: 6496: 6242: 6195: 6081: 6027: 5792: 5747: 5676: 5610: 5471: 5420: 5268: 5150: 5098: 3745:can be introduced; these 1639:is 1 (i.e., equal to the 27:Type of radioactive decay 9294:Modern Nuclear Chemistry 9291:Loveland, W. D. (2005). 9106:10.1103/PhysRev.105.1413 7839:Gamow–Teller transitions 6688: 6682: 6653: 6647: 6540: 6534: 6485: 6479: 6219: 6213: 6184: 6178: 6058: 6052: 6016: 6010: 5771: 5765: 5736: 5730: 5655: 5649: 5599: 5593: 5460: 5454: 5409: 5403: 5257: 5251: 5129: 5123: 5087: 5081: 5045:value for this decay is 4256:and isospin projections 4188:Beta decay just changes 3760:: if such a nucleus has 1886:Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1863:artificial radioactivity 1538:In 1901, Rutherford and 1479:and in the new elements 951:), transforming into an 10272:Double electron capture 10019:Physical Review Letters 9931:Physical Review Letters 9846:10.1103/physrev.106.386 9756:10.1103/PhysRev.73.1207 9354:Jevremovic, T. (2009). 9063:10.1103/PhysRev.104.254 8049:{\displaystyle \sigma } 7845:Gamow–Teller transition 7255:fine-structure constant 6923:is the kinetic energy, 2912:or the absorption of a 1959:Nobel Prize for Physics 1895:was first discussed by 1675:process, became acute. 1641:reduced Planck constant 931:(β-decay) is a type of 169:Interacting boson model 9716:10.1103/PhysRev.49.368 9530:Zeitschrift für Physik 9126:scientificamerican.com 9021:10.1103/PhysRev.54.486 8984:10.1103/PhysRev.53.606 8947:10.1103/PhysRev.52.134 8188: 8050: 8030: 8003: 7905: 7867: 7829: 7802: 7775: 7748: 7672: 7643: 7518: 7414: 7373: 7311: 7233: 7030: 6911: 6796: 6776:Beta emission spectrum 6756: 6615: 6290: 6146: 5821: 5690: 5620: 5554: 5536: 5367: 5326: 5278: 5219: 4726:to a few tens of MeV. 4677: 4651: 4611: 4476: 4417: 4344:All other quarks have 4336: 4250: 4178: 4144: 4114: 3737:. Thus the set of all 3350: 3086: 2632: 2033: 1668:conservation of energy 1656:Charles Drummond Ellis 1438: 1094:of about 5,730 years: 983:nuclear binding energy 79: 10191:Beta decay simulation 9668:10.13182/NSE83-A17574 9444:LBNL Isotopes Project 9415:LBNL Isotopes Project 8475:powered by beta decay 8189: 8064:Forbidden transitions 8051: 8031: 8029:{\displaystyle G_{A}} 8004: 7906: 7868: 7830: 7803: 7776: 7774:{\displaystyle G_{V}} 7749: 7673: 7644: 7583:Beta decay transition 7519: 7415: 7374: 7312: 7234: 7036:is the momentum, and 7031: 6963:is the total energy, 6912: 6784:Beta spectrum of Bi. 6783: 6757: 6616: 6291: 6147: 5822: 5691: 5621: 5555: 5516: 5368: 5327: 5325:{\displaystyle m_{e}} 5279: 5220: 4678: 4652: 4612: 4477: 4418: 4337: 4251: 4179: 4145: 4143:{\displaystyle n_{q}} 4115: 3347: 3340:Nuclear transmutation 3069:in the nucleus via a 3052: 2570: 2009:electron antineutrino 1972: 1861:), which they termed 1693:theory for beta decay 1436: 1181:nuclear transmutation 1057:electron antineutrino 959:transforms it into a 556:High-energy processes 254:– equal all the above 152:Models of the nucleus 33: 10149:Nuclear Wallet Cards 10146:Tuli, J. K. (2011). 9602:Journal of Physics G 9144:The Nobel Foundation 8904:The Nobel Foundation 8473:fluorescent lighting 8469:Tritium illumination 8444:Common beta emitters 8111: 8040: 8013: 7915: 7877: 7851: 7819: 7785: 7758: 7682: 7653: 7627: 7445: 7383: 7321: 7268: 7066: 6967: 6824: 6625: 6621:which simplifies to 6450: 6156: 5981: 5708: 5630: 5575: 5392: 5336: 5309: 5233: 5052: 4661: 4635: 4488: 4433: 4358: 4260: 4227: 4156: 4127: 4062: 2611:via an intermediate 2062:into a nucleus with 2011:via an intermediate 1509:mass-to-charge ratio 592:nuclear astrophysics 10416:Photodisintegration 10337:Proton–proton chain 10307:Spontaneous fission 10287:Isomeric transition 10282:Internal conversion 10090:2010PPN....41..690B 10032:1996PhRvL..77.5190B 9987:1996Sci...271.1099S 9981:(5252): 1099–1102. 9944:1992PhRvL..69.2164J 9838:1957PhRv..106..386F 9793:2012JPhG...39l4008R 9748:1948PhRv...73.1207K 9708:1936PhRv...49..368K 9660:1983NSE....83..393S 9615:1985JPhG...11..359V 9543:1934ZPhy...88..161F 9254:2018IJMPA..3350199I 9188:2017PhRvD..95k3006I 9097:1957PhRv..105.1413W 9054:1956PhRv..104..254L 9013:1938PhRv...54..486A 8976:1938PhRv...53..606A 8939:1937PhRv...52..134A 8806:1956Sci...124..103C 8769:1978PhT....31i..23B 8696:Jensen, C. (2000). 8566:2015JPhCS.578a2015B 8332:. Although neutral 8300:Bound-state β decay 8058:spin Pauli matrices 7866:{\displaystyle S=1} 7642:{\displaystyle S=0} 6805:Fermi's Golden Rule 4749: 4676:{\displaystyle S=0} 4650:{\displaystyle S=1} 4223:have total isospin 3979:age of the universe 3741:with the same  3713:(electron capture) 3485:(beta minus decay) 3089:In all cases where 1837:Carl David Anderson 1654:From 1920 to 1927, 987:valley of stability 574:Photodisintegration 497:Capturing processes 411:Spontaneous fission 404:Internal conversion 335:Valley of stability 330:Island of stability 164:Nuclear shell model 9883:2017-09-19 at the 9551:10.1007/BF01351864 9325:Zuber, K. (2011). 8862:Segré, E. (1987). 8840:www.nobelprize.org 8519:. pp. 74–75. 8479:Pandemonium effect 8459:Particle radiation 8428:Majorana particles 8184: 8046: 8026: 7999: 7957: 7901: 7863: 7825: 7798: 7771: 7744: 7721: 7668: 7639: 7594:) and total spin ( 7514: 7410: 7369: 7307: 7229: 7026: 6907: 6797: 6752: 6611: 6286: 6142: 5817: 5686: 5616: 5550: 5363: 5322: 5274: 5215: 4747: 4710:ranging from 0 to 4673: 4647: 4607: 4605: 4472: 4413: 4332: 4327: 4246: 4174: 4140: 4110: 3600:(beta plus decay) 3351: 3087: 3065:interacts with an 3053:The leading-order 2633: 2571:The leading-order 2086:) and an electron 2034: 1973:The leading-order 1738:Irène Joliot-Curie 1439: 1239:) is known as the 1216:) is known as the 1000:must be positive. 871:Physics portal 665:Quark–gluon plasma 448:Radiogenic nuclide 80: 51: decay in an 10470: 10469: 10466: 10465: 10297:Positron emission 10267:Double beta decay 10229:Nuclear processes 10135:The Story of Spin 10026:(26): 5190–5193. 9938:(15): 2164–2167. 9486:978-0-471-80553-3 9371:978-0-387-85608-7 9340:978-1-4200-6471-1 9308:978-0-471-11532-8 9166:Physical Review D 9120:Weinstock, Maia. 8885:978-0-226-81304-2 8800:(3212): 103–104. 8777:10.1063/1.2995181 8713:978-3-7643-5313-1 8704:Birkhäuser Verlag 8672:978-0-12-384874-1 8645:978-0-387-01672-6 8616:978-0-521-31960-7 8526:978-0-12-391487-3 8410:Double beta decay 8404:Double beta decay 8292: 8291: 7987: 7968: 7948: 7828:{\displaystyle a} 7732: 7712: 7615:Fermi transitions 7544:Franz N. D. Kurie 7538:(also known as a 7509: 7305: 7142: 7024: 6709: 6694: 6687: 6686: 6685: 6662: 6657: 6652: 6651: 6650: 6561: 6546: 6539: 6538: 6537: 6494: 6489: 6484: 6483: 6482: 6356:electron capture 6240: 6225: 6218: 6217: 6216: 6193: 6188: 6183: 6182: 6181: 6079: 6064: 6057: 6056: 6055: 6025: 6020: 6015: 6014: 6013: 5790: 5777: 5770: 5769: 5768: 5745: 5740: 5735: 5734: 5733: 5674: 5661: 5654: 5653: 5652: 5608: 5603: 5598: 5597: 5596: 5564:binding energies 5469: 5464: 5459: 5458: 5457: 5418: 5413: 5408: 5407: 5406: 5353: 5266: 5261: 5256: 5255: 5254: 5190: 5148: 5135: 5128: 5127: 5126: 5096: 5091: 5086: 5085: 5084: 4941: 4940: 4797: 4735:ultrarelativistic 4718:is around 1  4683:(anti-parallel). 4555: 4549: 4524: 4511: 4499: 4468: 4407: 4394: 4382: 4368: 4323: 4316: 4299: 4292: 4270: 4244: 4171: 4108: 4100: 3909:positron emission 3717: 3716: 3355:Nuclear drip line 3079:electron neutrino 2954:electron neutrino 2673:electron neutrino 2609:electron neutrino 2595: decay of a 2563:Positron emission 2054: decay, the 1995: decay of a 1859:positron emission 1682:written in 1930, 1523:J.J. Thomson 1489:Ernest Rutherford 1061:positron emission 1037:electron neutrino 1023:by emission of a 974:positron emission 933:radioactive decay 921: 920: 607: 353:Radioactive decay 309:Nuclear stability 136:Nuclear structure 16:(Redirected from 10495: 10427: 10327:Deuterium fusion 10292:Neutron emission 10277:Electron capture 10222: 10215: 10208: 10199: 10181: 10167: 10165: 10155:(8th ed.). 10154: 10142: 10118: 10117: 10083: 10061: 10052: 10051: 10013: 10007: 10006: 9970: 9964: 9963: 9925: 9919: 9918: 9894: 9888: 9875: 9869: 9868: 9856: 9850: 9849: 9819: 9813: 9812: 9786: 9766: 9760: 9759: 9726: 9720: 9719: 9686: 9680: 9679: 9641: 9635: 9634: 9596: 9590: 9589: 9569: 9563: 9562: 9537:(3–4): 161–177. 9524: 9518: 9517: 9515: 9514: 9497: 9491: 9490: 9470: 9459: 9458: 9456: 9455: 9436: 9430: 9429: 9427: 9426: 9407: 9401: 9400: 9398: 9397: 9382: 9376: 9375: 9351: 9345: 9344: 9329:(2nd ed.). 9327:Neutrino Physics 9322: 9313: 9312: 9288: 9282: 9281: 9247: 9222: 9216: 9215: 9181: 9161: 9155: 9154: 9152: 9150: 9136: 9130: 9129: 9117: 9111: 9110: 9108: 9091:(4): 1413–1415. 9074: 9068: 9067: 9065: 9031: 9025: 9024: 8994: 8988: 8987: 8957: 8951: 8950: 8920: 8914: 8913: 8911: 8910: 8896: 8890: 8889: 8859: 8850: 8849: 8847: 8846: 8832: 8826: 8825: 8787: 8781: 8780: 8750: 8739: 8738: 8724: 8718: 8717: 8693: 8684: 8683: 8681: 8679: 8656: 8650: 8649: 8627: 8621: 8620: 8592: 8586: 8585: 8559: 8537: 8531: 8530: 8508: 8422: 8418: 8395: 8393: 8383: 8380: 8379: 8370: 8368: 8367: 8358:electron capture 8355: 8352: 8351: 8342: 8340: 8339: 8295:Rare decay modes 8271:Second forbidden 8218: 8214: 8201: 8193: 8191: 8190: 8185: 8180: 8179: 8106: 8102: 8094: 8086: 8074: 8055: 8053: 8052: 8047: 8035: 8033: 8032: 8027: 8025: 8024: 8008: 8006: 8005: 8000: 7998: 7997: 7989: 7988: 7980: 7976: 7975: 7970: 7969: 7961: 7956: 7947: 7946: 7934: 7933: 7925: 7924: 7910: 7908: 7907: 7902: 7872: 7870: 7869: 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4895: 4883: 4847: 4833: 4823: 4802: 4795: 4782: 4750: 4717: 4713: 4704: 4698: 4682: 4680: 4679: 4674: 4656: 4654: 4653: 4648: 4620:Angular momentum 4616: 4614: 4613: 4608: 4606: 4557: 4556: 4553: 4551: 4550: 4542: 4531: 4530: 4525: 4522: 4512: 4509: 4500: 4497: 4494: 4481: 4479: 4478: 4473: 4471: 4470: 4469: 4461: 4451: 4450: 4422: 4420: 4419: 4414: 4409: 4408: 4405: 4396: 4395: 4392: 4383: 4375: 4370: 4369: 4366: 4350: 4341: 4339: 4338: 4333: 4331: 4330: 4324: 4321: 4317: 4309: 4300: 4297: 4293: 4285: 4272: 4271: 4268: 4255: 4253: 4252: 4247: 4245: 4237: 4198:electron capture 4183: 4181: 4180: 4175: 4173: 4172: 4164: 4149: 4147: 4146: 4141: 4139: 4138: 4119: 4117: 4116: 4111: 4109: 4104: 4103: 4102: 4101: 4093: 4083: 4082: 4072: 4045: 4043: 4037: 4036: 4035: 4028: 4027: 4019: 4018: 4017: 4010: 4009: 4001: 3999: 3998: 3991: 3990: 3964: 3963: 3962: 3955: 3954: 3945: 3941: 3940: 3939: 3932: 3931: 3922: 3917:electron capture 3914: 3906: 3904: 3903: 3896: 3895: 3872: 3871: 3870: 3863: 3862: 3853: 3852: 3851: 3844: 3843: 3834: 3833: 3832: 3825: 3824: 3815: 3811: 3807: 3795: 3783: 3771: 3755: 3744: 3736: 3724: 3703: 3702: 3700: 3699: 3691: 3690: 3675: 3673: 3672: 3665: 3664: 3649: 3647: 3646: 3639: 3638: 3624: 3622: 3621: 3614: 3613: 3596: 3595: 3593: 3592: 3584: 3583: 3568: 3567: 3565: 3564: 3557: 3556: 3541: 3539: 3538: 3531: 3530: 3509: 3507: 3506: 3499: 3498: 3481: 3480: 3478: 3477: 3470: 3467: 3466: 3451: 3449: 3448: 3441: 3440: 3426: 3424: 3423: 3416: 3415: 3394: 3392: 3391: 3384: 3383: 3372: 3321: 3320: 3319: 3312: 3311: 3303: 3288: 3287: 3286: 3285: 3277: 3276: 3267: 3266: 3265: 3258: 3257: 3248: 3247: 3246: 3239: 3238: 3230: 3229: 3228: 3221: 3220: 3197: 3196: 3195: 3194: 3186: 3185: 3176: 3175: 3174: 3167: 3166: 3164: 3152: 3151: 3150: 3143: 3142: 3134: 3133: 3132: 3125: 3124: 3122: 3109:electron capture 3106: 3105: 3104: 3097: 3096: 3083:virtual particle 3059:electron capture 3055:Feynman diagrams 3045:Electron capture 3033: 3032: 3031: 3030: 3022: 3021: 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10217: 10210: 10202: 10196: 10195: 10188: 10173: 10172:External links 10170: 10169: 10168: 10143: 10125: 10122: 10120: 10119: 10074:(5): 690–715. 10053: 10008: 9965: 9920: 9909:(8): 238–243. 9889: 9870: 9851: 9832:(2): 386–387. 9814: 9777:(12): 124008. 9761: 9721: 9702:(5): 368–381. 9681: 9654:(3): 393–396. 9636: 9609:(3): 359–364. 9591: 9564: 9519: 9492: 9485: 9460: 9431: 9402: 9377: 9370: 9346: 9339: 9314: 9307: 9283: 9217: 9172:(11): 113006. 9156: 9131: 9112: 9069: 9048:(1): 254–258. 9026: 9007:(7): 486–497. 8989: 8952: 8933:(2): 134–135. 8915: 8891: 8884: 8851: 8827: 8782: 8740: 8719: 8712: 8685: 8671: 8651: 8644: 8622: 8615: 8587: 8532: 8525: 8493: 8491: 8488: 8487: 8486: 8481: 8476: 8466: 8461: 8456: 8451: 8446: 8439: 8436: 8408:Main article: 8405: 8402: 8377: 8365: 8349: 8337: 8301: 8298: 8296: 8293: 8290: 8289: 8286: 8283: 8279: 8278: 8275: 8272: 8268: 8267: 8264: 8261: 8257: 8256: 8253: 8250: 8246: 8245: 8242: 8239: 8235: 8234: 8231: 8228: 8225: 8222: 8208: 8204: 8183: 8178: 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10453: 10449: 10443: 10440: 10438: 10435: 10434: 10432: 10428: 10422: 10419: 10417: 10414: 10413: 10411: 10405: 10399: 10396: 10394: 10391: 10389: 10387: 10383: 10381: 10379: 10375: 10373: 10370: 10368: 10365: 10363: 10360: 10358: 10355: 10353: 10350: 10348: 10345: 10343: 10340: 10338: 10335: 10333: 10330: 10328: 10325: 10324: 10322: 10320: 10314: 10308: 10305: 10303: 10300: 10298: 10295: 10293: 10290: 10288: 10285: 10283: 10280: 10278: 10275: 10273: 10270: 10268: 10265: 10263: 10262:Cluster decay 10260: 10258: 10255: 10253: 10250: 10248: 10245: 10244: 10242: 10240: 10234: 10230: 10223: 10218: 10216: 10211: 10209: 10204: 10203: 10200: 10194: 10192: 10189: 10186: 10185: 10180: 10176: 10175: 10171: 10162: 10158: 10151: 10150: 10144: 10140: 10136: 10132: 10128: 10127: 10123: 10115: 10111: 10107: 10103: 10099: 10095: 10091: 10087: 10082: 10077: 10073: 10069: 10068: 10060: 10058: 10054: 10049: 10045: 10041: 10037: 10033: 10029: 10025: 10021: 10020: 10012: 10009: 10004: 10000: 9996: 9992: 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2235:atomic number 2232: 2162: 2132: 2131: 2130: 2089: 2084: 2065: 2064:atomic number 2061: 2057: 2031: 2010: 2006: 2002: 1998: 1976: 1971: 1964: 1962: 1960: 1955: 1935: 1934:Wu experiment 1931: 1926: 1922: 1918: 1917:Tsung-Dao Lee 1910: 1908: 1906: 1902: 1901:Hideki Yukawa 1898: 1894: 1889: 1887: 1864: 1860: 1857: decay ( 1838: 1797: +  1759: +  1739: 1735: 1710: 1708: 1706: 1702: 1698: 1694: 1690: 1685: 1681: 1680:famous letter 1676: 1673: 1669: 1665: 1661: 1657: 1652: 1650: 1646: 1642: 1638: 1634: 1630: 1625: 1623: 1619: 1615: 1614:Hans Geiger's 1611: 1607: 1603: 1599: 1595: 1591: 1587: 1579: 1577: 1575: 1553: 1549: 1545: 1544:transmutation 1541: 1536: 1533: 1529: 1524: 1519: 1515: 1510: 1505: 1503: 1499: 1495: 1490: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1474: 1470: 1466: 1462: 1454: 1449: 1447: 1435: 1431: 1350: 1349: 1348: 1346: 1342: 1257: 1256: 1255: 1253: 1249: 1244: 1242: 1219: 1193: 1192:atomic number 1186: 1182: 1097: 1096: 1095: 1093: 1089: 1085: 1080: 1077: 1073: 1069: 1068:lepton number 1064: 1062: 1058: 1054: 1050: 1042: 1040: 1039:is released. 1038: 1033: 1029: 1026: 1022: 1018: 1014: 1010: 1006: 1001: 999: 997: 992: 988: 984: 980: 976: 975: 971:in so-called 970: 966: 962: 958: 954: 950: 946: 942: 941:beta particle 938: 934: 930: 926: 914: 909: 907: 902: 900: 895: 894: 892: 891: 885: 875: 872: 867: 861: 860: 859: 858: 851: 848: 846: 843: 841: 838: 836: 833: 831: 828: 826: 823: 821: 818: 816: 813: 811: 808: 806: 803: 801: 798: 796: 793: 791: 788: 786: 783: 781: 778: 776: 773: 771: 768: 766: 763: 761: 758: 756: 753: 751: 748: 746: 743: 741: 738: 736: 733: 731: 728: 726: 723: 721: 718: 716: 713: 711: 708: 706: 703: 701: 698: 696: 693: 692: 689: 684: 683: 676: 673: 671: 668: 666: 663: 662: 659: 654: 653: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 630: 628: 627: 622: 619: 617: 614: 612: 609: 608: 604: 603: 600: 597: 596: 593: 588: 583: 582: 575: 572: 568: 567:by cosmic ray 565: 564: 563: 560: 559: 553: 552: 543: 540: 538: 535: 534: 533: 530: 526: 523: 521: 518: 517: 516: 513: 509: 506: 505: 504: 501: 500: 494: 493: 486: 483: 479: 478:pair breaking 476: 475: 474: 471: 469: 466: 465: 462: 457: 456: 449: 446: 444: 443:Decay product 441: 439: 436: 434: 431: 430: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 416:Cluster decay 414: 412: 409: 405: 402: 400: 397: 396: 395: 392: 390: 387: 383: 380: 376: 373: 372: 371: 368: 367: 366: 363: 361: 358: 357: 354: 349: 348: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 326: 323: 321: 318: 316: 313: 312: 306: 305: 296: 293: 292: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 272: 269: 265: 261: 260:Mirror nuclei 258: 257: 253: 250: 249: 246: 245: 242: −  241: 236: 233: 232: 229: 228: 223: 220: 219: 216: 215: 210: 207: 206: 202: 201: 196: 193: 192: 188: 183: 182: 175: 172: 170: 167: 165: 162: 160: 157: 156: 153: 148: 147: 142: 139: 137: 134: 132: 131:Nuclear force 129: 127: 124: 120: 117: 115: 112: 111: 110: 107: 105: 102: 101: 100: 99: 95: 91: 90: 87: 83: 76: 58: 54: 32: 19: 18:Beta emission 10421:Photofission 10385: 10377: 10251: 10190: 10182: 10148: 10134: 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Index

Beta emission

atomic nucleus
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Nuclear physics

Nucleus
Nucleons
p
n
Nuclear matter
Nuclear force
Nuclear structure
Nuclear reaction
Models of the nucleus
Liquid drop
Nuclear shell model
Interacting boson model
Ab initio
Nuclides
Isotopes
Z
Isobars
A
Isotones
N
Isodiaphers
N − Z
Isomers

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