Universal decay law in charged-particle emission and exotic cluster radioactivity
Abstract
A linear universal decay formula is presented starting from the microscopic mechanism of the charged-particle emission. It relates the half-lives of monopole radioactive decays with the Q-values of the outgoing particles as well as the masses and charges of the nuclei involved in the decay. This relation is found to be a generalization of the Geiger-Nuttall law in α radioactivity and explains well all known cluster decays. Predictions on the most likely emissions of various clusters are presented.
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