Radioactive decay by the emission of heavy nuclear fragments

Radioactive decay of nuclei by the emission of heavy ions of C, N, O, F, Ne, Na, Mg, Al, Si and P isotopes (known as exotic decay or cluster radioactivity) is re-investigated within the framework of a semiempirical, one-parameter model based on a quantum mechanical, tunneling mechanism through a potential barrier, where both centrifugal and overlapping effects are considered to half-life evaluations. This treatment appeared to be very adequate at fitting all measured half-life values for the cluster emission cases observed to date. Predictions for new heavy-ion decay cases susceptible of being detected are also reported.

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