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Nuclear & Particle Physics

Decay Constant

The probability per unit time that an individual radioactive nucleus will undergo spontaneous nuclear decay.

λ = -(1 / N) (dN / dt) = ln(2) / t_½ s⁻¹ or years⁻¹