| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 69, Number 1, January 2005
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 41 - 47 | |
| Section | Nuclear physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2004-10319-x | |
| Published online | 08 December 2004 | |
On the possibility to search for 
decay
of initially unstable (
radioactive) nuclei
Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 - Kiev, Ukraine
Corresponding author: zdesenko@kinr.kiev.ua
Received:
14
May
2004
Accepted:
29
October
2004
An alternative method to search for 
decay is discussed.
Contrary to the “conventional” approach (where only β
stable candidates are used), it is intended to study
unstable nuclei, whose energy release,
, is much higher in most of the cases than that of
“conventional” candidates. As an example, the first
experimental half-life limits on decay of radioactive
nuclides from 
and 
families (contaminants of the
and 
scintillators) were set by
reanalyzing the data of low-background measurements in the
Solotvina Underground Laboratory (1734
with
and 13316 with ).
PACS: 23.40.-s – β decay; double β decay; electron and muon capture
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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