First Observation of Beta-Delayed Two-Neutron Radioactivity: ${}^{11}{Li}$

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26 November 1979

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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 43 (22), 1652-1654
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.1652

Abstract

Neutron-neutron coincidences show that the

β

decay of 8.5-ms

{}^{11}{Li}

is followed by the emission of two neutrons in an intensity of (9±3)%.

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