beta-plus decay
1Beta particle — Beta particles are high energy, high speed electrons or positrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei such as potassium 40. The beta particles emitted are a form of ionizing radiation also known as beta rays. The production of beta… …
2Beta decay — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical decays …
3Radioactive decay — For particle decay in a more general context, see Particle decay. For more information on hazards of various kinds of radiation from decay, see Ionizing radiation. Radioactive redirects here. For other uses, see Radioactive (disambiguation).… …
4Cluster decay — Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusion Classical decays …
5radioactivity — /ray dee oh ak tiv i tee/, n. Physics, Chem. the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element. Also called activity. [1895… …
6Positron emission — is a type of beta decay, sometimes referred to as beta plus ( beta;+). In beta plus decay, a proton is converted, via the weak force, to a neutron, a positron (also known as the beta plus particle , the antimatter counterpart of an electron), and …
7Isotopes of nickel — Naturally occurring nickel (Ni) is composed of five stable isotopes; 58 Ni, 60 Ni, 61 Ni …
8Silicon burning process — In astrophysics, silicon burning is a two week [http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro ph/0601261 The physics of core collapse supernovae, Woosley and Janka] ] sequence of nuclear fusion reactions that occur in massive stars with a minimum of about 8–11… …
9transuranium element — Any of the chemical elements after uranium in the periodic table (with atomic numbers greater than 92). All are radioactive (see radioactivity), with half lives ranging from tens of millions of years to fractions of a millisecond. Only two,… …
10Elektroneneinfang — ist eine Art der Radioaktivität, bei der ein Atomkern sich in einen stabileren Kern umwandelt, indem er ein Elektron aus einer inneren Schale (Orbital) der Elektronenhülle einfängt. Als Formelsymbol des Vorgangs wird EC (für engl. electron… …
