β-delayed three-proton decay of $^{31}$Ar
/ Authors
A. Lis, C. Mazzocchi, W. Dominik, Z. Janas, M. Pfutzner, M. Pomorski, L. Acosta, S. Baraeva, E. Casarejos, J. Du'enas-D'iaz
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V. Dunin, J. Espino, A. Estrade, F. Farinon, A. Fomichev, H. Geissel, A. Gorshkov, G. Kami'nski, O. Kiselev, R. Knobel, S. Krupko, M. Kuich, Y. Litvinov, G. Marquinez-Dur'an, I. Martel, I. Mukha, C. Nociforo, A. K. Ord'uz, S. Pietri, A. Prochazka, A. S'anchez-Ben'itez, H. Simon, B. Sitar, R. Slepnev, M. Stanoiu, P. Strmen, I. Szarka, M. Takechi, Y. Tanaka, H. Weick, J. Winfield
/ Abstract
The beta decay of 31Ar, produced by fragmentation of a 36Ar beam at 880 MeV/nucleon, was investigated. Identified ions of 31Ar were stopped in a gaseous time projection chamber with optical readout allowing to record decay events with emission of protons. In addition to \b{eta}-delayed emission of one and two protons we have clearly observed the beta-delayed three-proton branch. The branching ratio for this channel in 31Ar is found to be 0.07(2)%.
Journal: Physical Review C