Sentences with phrase «beta decay occurs»
The KamLAND - Zen experiment succeeded in dramatically improving the neutrinoless decay search limit by combing an ultra-low background detector with an unprecedented amount of xenon - 136, the isotope where the double - beta decay occurs.
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If the neutrino is its own antiparticle, a neutrino - free version of this decay might also occur: In a rarity atop a rarity, the antineutrino emitted in one of the two simultaneous beta decays might be reabsorbed by the other, resulting in no escaping antineutrinos.
Neutrinoless double beta decay is a variation on standard beta decay, a relatively common radioactive process that occurs naturally on Earth.
In certain isotopes of particular elements — species of atoms characterized by a given number of protons and neutrons — two beta decays can occur simultaneously, emitting two electrons and two antineutrinos.