Cluster radioactivity in 127I

Using the preformation cluster model of Gupta and collaborators we have studied all the possible cluster decay modes of ¹²⁷ I. The calculated half-lives are compared with recently measured lower limits of cluster decay half-lives (for the clusters like ²⁴ Ne, ²⁸ Mg, ³⁰ Mg, ³² Si, ³⁴ Si, ⁴⁸ Ca and ⁴⁹Sc) of ¹²⁷I. Our calculated half-life values lies well above the experimentally measured lower limits and the trend of the values also matches with experimental ones. 

Keywords: Cluster radioactivity, half-life, Fission. 
Authors:- M. Balasubramaniam

Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641046, India.
K. Manimaran
Department of Science and Humanities, Theni Kammavar Sangam College of Technology, Theni - 625534