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A new twist in β-decay

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Figure 1: The interaction between the emitted electron in β-decay and its local atomic environment.
Figure 2: The overall shape and fine detail of the 187Re β-decay spectrum measured by Gatti et al.1.

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Stoeffl, W. A new twist in β-decay. Nature 397, 105–108 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/16347

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