The Longest Thread Ever!

[Admiral Donutz]

Originally Posted by Vantage

I'm assuming you're insulting me or something, which was exactly my mission in selecting that avatar!
Bonus points for me.
And if you're not, Donutz isn't on...

Stalker!

[Admiral Donutz]

Originally Posted by -Ghost-

I don't trust German translations anymore

HAHA I fart in your general direction

[Admiral Donutz]

Originally Posted by Vantage

*kills the german language in his mind*

SCHEISSE!! NEINNNNNNNNN

[Torpov]

Branching ratio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

This is a technical term in particle physics and nuclear physics. A branching ratio for a decay is the ratio between the decay rates of decay modes for a decay. These decay constants are called partial decay constants, and their sum is the decay constant for the reaction. Sometimes a partial half life is given, but this term is misleading; due to competing modes it is not true that half of the particles will decay through a particular decay mode after its partial half life. The partial half life is merely an alternate way to specify the partial decay constant λ, the two being related through:



For example, of spontaneous decays of 132Cs, 98.1% are ε or β+ decays, and 1.9% are β− decays. Thus the branching ratio for 132Cs is 98.1 ε+β+ :: 1.9 β−. The partial decay constants can be calculated from the branching ratio and the half-life of 132Cs (6.479 d), they are: 0.10 d−1 (ε+β+) and .0020 d−1 (β−). The partial half lives are 6.60 d (ε+β+) and 346 d (β−). Here the problem with the term partial half life is evident: after 346 days almost all the nuclei will have decayed.

[Phantom Phreak]

lol u didnt understand jacksh!t of what u just wrote

[FlyGuy45]

*build nuclear bomb*

[Torpov]

Originally Posted by Phantom Phreak

lol u didnt understand jacksh!t of what u just wrote

I know enough. And I can understand part of it.

[Vantage]

Particle decay and nuclear equations are BORING.

[Flatline_Construct]

Where as Half-life is not.

[Zab]

Too much math!