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Radioactive Decay
β
+
decay
β
+
The β
+
-particle and the neutrino 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:
MeV
2.8422
eN
aN
e
0
0
0
1
22
10
22
11
+ν+β +
⇒
+
+
E
β+,max
= Q
β+
- 1.2745 MeV= 1.5677 MeV