In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron)...
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In nuclear physics, double beta decay is a type of radioactive decay in which two neutrons are simultaneously transformed into two protons, or vice versa...
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most common types of decay are alpha, beta, and gamma decay. The weak force is the mechanism that is responsible for beta decay, while the other two are...
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beta decay transition is the change in state of an atomic nucleus undergoing beta decay. (β-decay) When undergoing beta decay, a nucleus emits a beta...
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Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) is a commonly proposed and experimentally pursued theoretical radioactive decay process that would prove a Majorana...
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known as beta decay. There are two forms of beta decay, β− decay and β+ decay, which produce electrons and positrons, respectively. Beta particles with...
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Positron emission (redirect from Beta plus decay)
Positron emission, beta plus decay, or β+ decay is a subtype of radioactive decay called beta decay, in which a proton inside a radionuclide nucleus is...
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Beta-decay stable isobars are the set of nuclides which cannot undergo beta decay, that is, the transformation of a neutron to a proton or a proton to...
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decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and thereby transforms or "decays"...
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emission. There are many relatively short beta decay chains, at least two (a heavy, beta decay and a light, positron decay) for every discrete weight up to around...
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Chadwick's heavy neutron. In Fermi's theory of beta decay, Chadwick's large neutral particle could decay to a proton, electron, and the smaller neutral...
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In nuclear and particle physics, inverse beta decay, commonly abbreviated to IBD, is a nuclear reaction involving an electron antineutrino scattering off...
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Fermi's interaction (redirect from Fermi theory of beta decay)
interaction (also the Fermi theory of beta decay or the Fermi four-fermion interaction) is an explanation of the beta decay, proposed by Enrico Fermi in 1933...
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later. Later, beta decay was understood to occur by the emission of a weak boson ( W± ), sometimes called a charged weak current. Beta decay specifically...
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Forbidden mechanism (section Beta decay)
gamma decay, but must proceed by another route, such as beta decay in some cases, or internal conversion where beta decay is not favored. Beta decay is classified...
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Tritium (redirect from Beta decay of tritium)
other beta particles, the amount of bremsstrahlung generated is also lower. The unusually low energy released in the tritium beta decay makes the decay (along...
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Electron capture (redirect from Inverse-beta decay)
beta decay, because the basic nuclear process, mediated by the weak force, is the same. In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay...
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Neutron (section Beta decay)
These reactions are a form of radioactive decay known as beta decay. Beta decay, in which neutrons decay to protons, or vice versa, is governed by the...
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In finance, the beta (β or market beta or beta coefficient) is a statistic that measures the expected increase or decrease of an individual stock price...
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energy of the alpha, beta or gamma radiation is converted into the thermal movement of atoms. Decay heat occurs naturally from decay of long-lived radioisotopes...
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Stable nuclide (section Still-unobserved decay)
Odd–odd primordial nuclides are rare because most odd–odd nuclei beta-decay, because the decay products are even–even, and are therefore more strongly bound...
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Gamma ray (redirect from Gamma decay)
decay radiation (discovered by Henri Becquerel) alpha rays and beta rays in ascending order of penetrating power. Gamma rays from radioactive decay are...
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Chien-Shiung Wu (section Establishing beta decay)
established physicist, continued to investigate beta decay. Enrico Fermi had published his theory of beta decay in 1934, but an experiment by Luis Walter Alvarez...
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Weak interaction (redirect from Weak decay)
properties is mediated by the force carrier bosons. For example, during beta-minus decay, a down quark within a neutron is changed into an up quark, thus converting...
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Internal conversion (section Example: decay of 203Hg)
beta particles, since the latter come from beta decay, where they are newly created in the nuclear decay process. IC is possible whenever gamma decay...
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Nuclear isomer (redirect from Metastability in nuclear decay)
electrons). Isomers may decay into other elements, though the rate of decay may differ between isomers. For example, 177mLu can beta-decay to 177Hf with a half-life...
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beta decay and double beta decay), and no stable nuclides exist for mass numbers 5, 8, 143–155, 160–162, and ≥ 165, since in theory, the beta-decay stable...
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Carbon-14 (section Radioactive decay and detection)
Carbon-14 decays into nitrogen-14 (14 N) through beta decay. A gram of carbon containing 1 atom of carbon-14 per 1012 atoms will emit ~0.2 beta particles...
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Nuclear physics (section Nuclear decay)
they named alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Experiments by Otto Hahn in 1911 and by James Chadwick in 1914 discovered that the beta decay spectrum was continuous...
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seemingly-distinct laws. The discovery in 1911 that electrons emitted in beta decay have a continuous rather than a discrete spectrum appeared to contradict...
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