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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

Nailing the half-life of iron-60

30 Jan 2015 Tushna Commissariat
Perfectly resolved isobars of iron-60 and nickel-60
Identification spectra demonstrating a clear separation of <sup>60</sup>Fe from the isobars <sup>60</sup>Ni. The data were produced at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (ANU Canberra) using accelerator mass spectrometry. (Courtesy: A Wallner <i>et al</i>., <i>Phys. Rev. Lett.</i> <b>114</b> 041101)
The most accurate measurement yet of the half-life of iron-60 has been made by an international team

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