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Phys. Rev. C 77, 045501 (2008) [4 pages]

Precise half-life measurement of the superallowed β+ emitter 10C

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V. E. Iacob*, J. C. Hardy, V. Golovko, J. Goodwin, N. Nica, H. I. Park, L. Trache, and R. E. Tribble
Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

Received 5 November 2007; published 8 April 2008

The half-life of 10C has been measured to be 19.310(4) s, a result with 0.02% precision, which is a factor of three improvement over the best previous result. Since 10C is the lightest superallowed 0+→0+ β+ emitter, its ft value has the greatest weight in setting an upper limit on the possible presence of scalar currents.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.77.045501
PACS:
21.10.Tg, 23.40.-s, 27.20.+n

*iacob@comp.tamu.edu