Double Beta-Disintegration

1935/09/15 by M. Goeppert-Mayer · 365 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic nucleus #Atomic number #Atomic physics #BETA (programming language) #Beta decay #Beta particle #Double beta decay #Electron #Elementary particle #Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope #Isobar #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Mass number #Neutrino #Neutron #Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Physics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum mechanics

paper · doi:10.1103/physrev.48.512

published in Physical Review 48(6), 512-516 (American Institute of Physics)

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Abstract

From the Fermi theory of \ensuremathβ-disintegration the probability of simultaneous emission of two electrons (and two neutrinos) has been calculated. The result is that this process occurs sufficiently rarely to allow a half-life of over 10¹⁷ years for a nucleus, even if its isobar of atomic number different by 2 were more stable by 20 times the electron mass.

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