Discovery of neutron-rich Co and Fe isotopes inPu239(nth,f): Yields and half-lives

Abstract
Co and Fe isotopes have been identified in thermal-neutron-induced fission of Pu239. The yields of the very neutron-rich isotopes Co69, Co68, and Fe68 were measured and their β-decay half-lives were obtained from time correlations between detection of the selected isotopes and of the β particles from their decay.