Prompt Proton Decay in the Vicinity of 56Ni

Summary, in English

A new decay mode, the so called prompt proton decay, was discovered in 1998. It has since proven to be an important decay mechanism for several neutron deficient nuclei in the A similar to 60 region. To measure with high accuracy the energies and angular distributions of these protons, a state-of-the-art charged particle detector - LuWuSiA - was developed. It was first utilized during a fusion-evaporation reaction experiment performed at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S.A. In this contribution, the characteristics of the prompt proton decay are discussed along with the special features of LuWuSiA as well as a revisit to the prompt proton decay in Cu-58.

• Author: Emma Johansson; Dirk Rudolph; Lise-Lotte Andersson; D. A. Torres; M. P. Carpenter; R. J. Charity; C. J. Chiara; Jörgen Ekman; Claes Fahlander; C. Hoel; O. L. Pechenaya; W. Reviol; Rickard du Rietz; D. G. Sarantites; D. Seweryniak; L. G. Sobotka; S. Zhu
• Department/s: Nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2007
• Language: English
• Pages: 41-46
• Publication/Series: Proton Emitting Nuclei and Related Topics
• Volume: 961
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2827282
• Document type: Conference paper
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Keywords: pixelized charged particle detector; decay by proton emission
• Conference name: International Conference on Proton Emitting Nuclei and Related Topics
• Conference date: 2007-06-17 - 2007-06-23
• Conference place: Lisbon, Portugal
• Status: Published
• Project: Nuclear Structure and Exotic Decays: Doubly-magic 56Ni and Semi-magic 58Ni
• Research group: Nuclear Structure
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0094-243X; ISSN: 1551-7616; ISBN: 978-7354-0475-5