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Decay mechanism and lifetime of $^{67}$Kr

Nuclear Theory 2017-04-05 v1

Abstract

The lifetime of the recently discovered 2p2p emitter 67^{67}Kr was recently found considerably below the lower limit predicted theoretically. This communication addresses this issue.Different separation energy systematics are analyzed and different mechanisms for 2p2p emission are evaluated. It is found that the most plausible reason for this disagreement is a decay mechanism of 67^{67}Kr, which is not "true 2p2p" emission, but "transition dynamics" on the borderline between true 2p2p and sequential 2p2p decay mechanisms. If this is true, this imposes stringent limits Er=1.351.42E_r=1.35-1.42 MeV on the ground state energy of 66^{66}Br relative to the 65^{65}Se-pp threshold.

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@article{arxiv.1612.05868,
  title  = {Decay mechanism and lifetime of $^{67}$Kr},
  author = {L. V. Grigorenko and T. A. Golubkova and J. S. Vaagen and M. V. Zhukov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.05868},
  year   = {2017}
}

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7 pages, 8 figures