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Two-Proton Decay in Iron-45

Caption: Image of tracks of two protons emitted in the decay of iron-45; research appearing in the journal Physical Review Letters the week of Nov. 5, 2007, represents the first-ever description of the angular correlation between these protons.

Credit: Marek Pfutzner, Warsaw University

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