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Nuclear & Particle Physics

Half-Life

The time required for half the radioactive nuclei in a given sample to undergo spontaneous radioactive decay.

t_½ = ln(2) / λ ≈ 0.693 / λ, N(t) = N₀ (½)^(t / t_½) Seconds, Hours, or Years