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Alpha Decay

Alpha Decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons, thereby reducing its mass number by four and atomic number by two.

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Alpha Emission

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Range and stopping-power tables for heavy ions

L. C. Northcliffe, Roland Schilling · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables · 1970 · 2.7K citations

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Dose-rate conversion factors: update

Guillaume Guérin, Norbert Mercier, Grzegorz Adamiec · Ancient TL · 2011 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay

Chenye Wu, E. Ambler, R. W. Hayward et al. · Physical Review · 1957 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Measurement of Low Energy Beta-Emitters in Aqueous Solution by Liquid Scintillation Counting of Emulsions.

Michael S. Patterson, Ronald C. Greene · Analytical Chemistry · 1965 · 1.5K citations

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The Nubase evaluation of nuclear and decay properties

G. Audi, O. Bersillon, J. Blachot et al. · Nuclear Physics A · 2003 · 1.3K citations

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  1. ZR
    Zhongzhou Ren

    Nanjing University, China

    50 publications · 2.9K citations

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    S. Hofmann

    GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Germany

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. AG
    A. Ghiorso

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    30 publications · 1.6K citations

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    B. Jonson

    European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland

    31 publications · 1.6K citations

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    D. Ackermann

    GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Germany

    27 publications · 1.4K citations

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    57 h-index

    513 publications

    28.1K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    54 h-index

    886 publications

    96.2K citations

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    54 h-index

    419 publications

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  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    49 h-index

    416 publications

    20K citations

  5. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    47 h-index

    996 publications

    50.5K citations

  6. Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules

    Paris, France

    41 h-index

    446 publications

    67.1K citations

  7. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    39 h-index

    503 publications

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  8. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

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    405 publications

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  1. Physical Review C

    PRC · 228 publications · 13.4K citations

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  2. Nuclear Physics A

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  3. Physical Review

    386 publications · 18.2K citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 121 publications · 11K citations

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  5. Physics Letters B

    231 publications · 8.8K citations

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