https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2004-10072-2
Search for spontaneous transition of nuclei to a superdense state
1
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
2
Sezione di Roma2, INFN, I-00133, Rome, Italy
3
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
4
Sezione di Roma, INFN, I-00185, Rome, Italy
5
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, INFN, I-67010, Assergi (AQ), Italy
6
IHEP, Chinese Academy, P.O. Box 918/3, 100039, Beijing, PRC
* e-mail: rita.bernabei@roma2.infn.it
Received:
25
June
2004
Accepted:
31
August
2004
Published online:
18
November
2004
We report the results of an experimental search for spontaneous transition of nuclei from ordinary to superdense state in NaI(Tl). New limits on the superdense-state parameters are presented.
PACS: 21.10.Ft Charge distribution – / 21.10.-k Properties of nuclei; nuclear energy levels – / 21.65.+f Nuclear matter – / 29.40.Mc Scintillation detectors –
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag, 2004