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Alpha-particle Emission

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

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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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XXXIX. <i>On the α particles of radium, and their loss of range in passing through various atoms and molecules</i>

William Bragg, Richard Kleeman · The London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science · 1905 · 792 citations

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Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in Taurus‐Auriga

The Astrophysical Journal · 2003 · 574 citations · Full text

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Alpha emission and spontaneous fission through quasi-molecular shapes

G. Royer · Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics · 2000 · 561 citations

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MIRD Pamphlet No. 22 (Abridged): Radiobiology and Dosimetry of α-Particle Emitters for Targeted Radionuclide Therapy

George Sgouros, John C. Roeske, Michael R. McDevitt et al. · Journal of Nuclear Medicine · 2010 · 533 citations · Full text

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    Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Spain

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    University of California, Berkeley, United States

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    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

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    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

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    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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