RT Journal Article T1 Sizeable beta-strength in ^31 Ar (β3p) decay A1 Koldste, G. T. A1 Blank, B. A1 Borge, M. J. G. A1 Briz Monago, José Antonio A1 Carmona Gallardo, Mariano A1 Fraile Prieto, Luis Mario A1 Fynbo, H. O. U. A1 Giovinazzo, J. A1 Johansen, J. G. A1 Jokinen, A. A1 Jonson, B. A1 Kurturkian Nieto, T. A1 Nilsson, T. A1 Perea, A. A1 Pesudo, V. A1 Picado, E. A1 Riisager, K. A1 Saastamoinen, A. A1 Tengblad, O. A1 Thomas, J. C. A1 Van de Walle, J. AB We present for the first time precise spectroscopic information on the recently discovered decay mode β-delayed 3p-emission. The detection of the 3p events gives an increased sensitivity to the high energy part of the Gamow–Teller strength distribution from the decay of ^31 Ar revealing that as much as 30% of the strength resides in the β3p-decaymode. Asimplified description of how the main decay modes evolve as the excitation energy increases in ^31 Cl is provided. PB Elsevier science SN 0370-2693 YR 2014 FD 2014-10-07 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33889 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33889 LA eng NO ©2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. We thank Marek Pfützner for helpful discussion and input on the analysis of the β3p-decay of ^31 Ar. This work was supported by the European Union Seventh Framework through ENSAR (Contract No. 262010), it was partly supported by the Spanish Funding Agency under Projects No. FPA2012-32443, No. FPA2010-17142, CPAN Consolider CSD-2007-00042, and No. AIC-D-2011-0684, by the Danish Council for Inde-pendent Research Natural Sciences, by the French ANR (Contract No. ANR-06-BLAN-0320), and by Région Aquitaine. A.S. acknowl-edges support from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation. NO European Union Seventh Framework through ENSAR NO Spanish Funding Agency NO CPAN Consolider NO Danish Council for Inde-pendent Research Natural Sciences NO French ANR DS Docta Complutense RD 11 may 2025