Evidence for Primordial Superheavy Elements
- 5 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 37 (1), 11-15
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.37.11
Abstract
Microscopic crystalline monazite inclusions showing giant halo formation in biotite mica have been analyzed by the method of proton-induced x-ray emission. The observed x-ray energy spectra are best explained by the presence of a number of superheavy elements.Keywords
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