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Title: Discovery of an Exceptionally Strong β -Decay Transition of F20 and Implications for the Fate of Intermediate-Mass Stars
Award ID(s):
1811855
PAR ID:
10156556
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Volume:
123
Issue:
26
ISSN:
0031-9007
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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