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An intense secondary radioactive ion beam of 19N was produced at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and quantitative measurements of the decay properties of this nuclide were made. A spectroscopic measurement of delayed neutrons emitted during the decay has yielded a total delayed neutron branching ratio of 51 (11) %. Gamma-rays observed suggest a total beta feeding strength of 44 (10) % to bound excited states of 19O. The half-life 19N of has been re-measured to be 299 (19) milliseconds.
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Anthony, D.W. et al. (2002). The Decay of 19N. In: Manuel, O. (eds) Origin of Elements in the Solar System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46927-8_4
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