CPB Ljubljana 2018 course book
Radioactive Decay
β -
▪ - decay
The β - -particle and the antineutrino share the disintegration energy Q β- . The emitted β - -particle can have any kinetic energy up to the maximum possible, T β-,max , as can be derived from:
E
= Q
β-,max
β-
and
E
E max , -
-
3
137 55
137 56
01
0 0
sC
aB
MeV 1756 .1
e
E
= 0.514 MeV or 1.1756 MeV
β-,max
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