Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
A newly developed mass-spectrometry technique employing a tandem Van de Graaff accelerator together with a special beam-transport system and heavy-ion detector has been used to determine the half-life of Si-32. The result obtained, 108 plus or minus 18 yr, disagrees with the accepted value of 330 plus or minus 40 yr. The implications of the new half-life of Si-32, which is used for dating studies, are discussed.
Keywords:
NUCLEAR AND HIGH-ENERGY PHYSICS
Type:
Physical Review Letters; 45; Aug. 25
Format:
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