Ground state proton radioactivity from 121Pr: when was this exotic nuclear decay mode first discovered?

Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Jul 15;95(3):032502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.032502. Epub 2005 Jul 12.

Abstract

Ground-state proton radioactivity has been identified from 121Pr. A transition with a proton energy of E(p)=882(10) keV [Q(p)=900(10) keV] and half-life t(1/2)=10(+6)(-3) ms has been observed and is assigned to the decay of a highly prolate deformed 3/2(+) or 3/2(-) Nilsson state. The present result is found to be incompatible with a previously reported observation of ground-state proton radioactivity from 121Pr, which would have represented the discovery of this phenomenon.