Bound-state beta decay at the storage ring ESR (IMAGE)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

Bound-state beta decay at the storage ring ESR

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Schematic of the bound-state beta decay of an electron-free 205Tl81+ nucleus into a hydrogen-like 205Pb81+ ion through the creation of a bound electron, as measured in the Experimental Storage Ring.

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R. Sánchez & R.S. Sidhu/GSI; MPIK; SOHO-EIT Consortium, ESA, NASA.

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