This is called beta decay. Beta decay causes the atomic number close atomic number The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. of the nucleus to increase by one (because there is an extra ...

Although the silicon in the BNL experiment beta decays, the radium in the PTB experiment alpha decays — a process that is governed by the strong interaction. Nonetheless, Fischbach and Jenkins think ...

Radioactive decay is the strange and almost mystical ability for one element to naturally and spontaneously transmute into another. In the process, those elements tend to emit deadly forms of ...

New beta-decay measurements in mirror nuclei pin down the weak nuclear force Scientists develop a new method to characterize the properties of one of the four fundamental forces of nature ...

Researchers have observed a rare nuclear decay. Namely, the team measured low-kinetic-energy protons emitted after the beta decay of a neutron-rich nucleus beryllium-11.

Today, normal service returns with a report on the decay rates inside a metal host of ruthenium-97 by electron capture and ruthenium-103 and rhodium-105, both by beta(-) emission.

The scientists registered 128 alpha-particle events over 5 days and found an unexpected line in the spectrum at 3.14 MeV – now attributed to bismuth-209 decay. The half-life was calculated to be (1.9 ...

Left: “Mirror” nuclei lithium-8 and boron-8 undergo beta decay, then split into two alpha particles. Right: Radioactive ions from the ATLAS accelerator at Argonne National Laboratory are ...

Everything CCEA students need to know about radioactive decay and half-life for GCSE Physics.