List of works by Richard B. Firestone

A New Gamma-Ray Spectrum Catalog for PGAA

scholarly article

A new gamma-ray spectrum catalog and library for PGAA

scholarly article

Absolute Measurements of Anomalousεβ+-Decay Branching Ratios

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Analyses of oxyanion materials by prompt gamma activation analysis

scientific article published on 24 November 2007

Analysis of fissile materials by high-energy neutron-induced fission decay gamma-rays

scholarly article

Analysis of statistical model properties from discrete nuclear structure data

scientific article published in 2012

Analysis of the Younger Dryas Impact layer

article by Richard Firestone et al.

Anomalousεβ+Decay Branching Ratios: A Theoretical Explanation

scientific article

Anomalousεβ+Decay Branching Ratios: A Theoretical Explanation

Anomalousεβ+Decay Branching Ratios: a Theoretical Explanation

scientific article

Assimilatory nitrate uptake in Pseudomonas fluorescens studied using nitrogen-13

scientific article published in April 1981

Bayesian chronological analyses consistent with synchronous age of 12,835-12,735 Cal B.P. for Younger Dryas boundary on four continents ⬇️

scholarly article

Beta decay of 154Lu and 154Yb

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

Beta-delayed proton emission in the lanthanide region

scientific article

Beta-delayed proton precursors with 59?Z?62

scientific article published in March 1985

Capture Gamma-ray Libraries for Nuclear Applications

scientific article

Comment: Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims ⬇️

comment from Firestone and West about the paper "Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims"

Confirmation of the Younger Dryas boundary (YDB) data at Murray Springs, AZ. ⬇️

scholarly article

Contribution to the Evidences of an Interhemispheric Cosmic Impact During the Younger Dryas. Distinctive Proxies from Central and South Mexico ⬇️

abstract #3031 for the 20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA 2019)

Data evaluation methods and improvements to the neutron-capture γ-ray spectrum

scientific article published in 2011

Decay of 149Erg+m by positron and delayed proton emission and by electron capture

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

Decay of the neutron-rich isotope 171Ho and the identification of 169Dy

scientific article published on 01 October 1990

Decay ofGdm+g143by positron emission and electron capture

scientific article

Decay properties of 153Yb and 153Tm; Excitation energies of the s1/2 and h11/2 proton states in 153Tm

scientific article published on 01 February 1989

Decay studies of neutron deficient nuclei near the Z=64 subshell: 142Dy, 140,142Tb, 140,142Gd, 140,142Eu, 142Sm, and 142Pm

scientific article published on 01 March 1991

Decay studies of neutron-deficient nuclei near the Z=64 subshell: 141Dy, 141Tb, 141Gdg+m, and 141Eum

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Decay studies of the neutron-rich isotopes 168Dy and 168Hog and the identification of the new isomer 168Hom

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

Determination of Thermal Neutron Capture Cross-Sections at Budapest PGAA Facility

Determination of contaminants in rare earth materials by prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA)

scientific article

Determination of the effective sample thickness via radiative capture

Developing reliable reaction gamma-ray data

Developments in capture- γ libraries for nonproliferation applications

Disappearance of Ice Age Megafauna and the Younger Dryas Impact ⬇️

2019 Capeia news article by Richard B. Firestone

Doorway-state formation and structure in beta -delayed proton decay

scientific article published on 01 June 1989

ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering Data

scientific article published in 2018

Elemental Analysis of the Sediment, Magnetic Grains and Microspherules from the Younger Dryas Impact Layer ⬇️

abstract PP13C-1472 for the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008

Enhanced Vehicle Identification in Motor Vehicle Accident Databases

scientific article published on 8 March 2004

Evidence against correlations between nuclear decay rates and Earth–Sun distance

article

Evidence for a Massive Extraterrestrial Airburst over North America 12.9 ka Ago ⬇️

abstract PP41A-01 for the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007

Evidence for an Extraterrestrial Impact Event 12,900 years ago that Contributed to Megafaunal Extinctions and the Younger Dryas Cooling ⬇️

abstract PP43A-01 for the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007

Evidence for an Extraterrestrial Impact Origin of the Carolina Bays on the Atlantic Coast of North America ⬇️

abstract PP42A-05 for the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007

Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling ⬇️

journal article published in 2007

Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 y ago ⬇️

scholarly article

Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis ⬇️

scholarly article

Experimental studies of the neutron-deficient gadolinium isotopes:Gdm1145andGdm2145

scientific article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 1. Ice Cores and Glaciers

article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago. 2. Lake, Marine, and Terrestrial Sediments ⬇️

article

Extraordinary Biomass-Burning Episode and Impact Winter Triggered by the Younger Dryas Cosmic Impact ∼12,800 Years Ago: A Reply

scholarly article

Extraterrestrial Markers Found at Clovis Sites Across North America ⬇️

abstract PP41A-02 for the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007

Failure of the Allowed Assumption in theεβ+Decays ofGd145gandSm143g—Experimental Evidence for Interference Effects in NuclearβDecay

scientific article

Fine structure in 153Tm alpha decay

scientific article published on 01 October 1988

First PGAA and NAA experimental results from a compact high intensity D–D neutron generator

scientific article published in April 2004

Gamma Spectrum from Neutron Capture on Tungsten Isotopes

scientific article published on 12 August 2011

Geochemical data reported by Paquay et al. do not refute Younger Dryas impact event ⬇️

scholarly article

IAEA Photonuclear Data Library 2019

Identification of 145Er and 145Ho

scientific article published on 01 May 1989

Identification of the neutron-rich isotope174Er

scientific article published in June 1989

Impact-related microspherules in Late Pleistocene Alaskan and Yukon "muck" deposits signify recurrent episodes of catastrophic emplacement

scholarly article

In-beam gamma -ray spectroscopy of excited states in 141Pm

scientific article published on 01 December 1985

Interpretation of the anomalous electron-capture to positron decay ratio inNa22

scientific article

Investigating the Photon Strength Function to Discrete Levels

article

Investigation of Re 186 via radiative thermal-neutron capture on Re 185

Investigation of the tungsten isotopes via thermal neutron capture

scientific article

Is There Evidence for Impact-Triggered Fires at the End Pleistocene? ⬇️

abstract PP43A-03 for the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007

Level densities and thermodynamical properties of Pt and Au isotopes ⬇️

scholarly article

Low-Energy Enhancement in the Photon Strength ofMo95

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Method for finding grains created by lightning discharge from the Younger Dryas Boundary layer ⬇️

abstract from the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012

Micrometeorite Impacts in Beringian Mammoth Tusks and a Bison Skull

abstract #U23A-0865 for the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007

Nanodiamond-rich layer across three continents consistent with major cosmic impact at 12,800 cal BP ⬇️

journal article published in 2014

Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Libraries for Nuclear Applications

Neutron-induced prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) of metals and non-metals in ocean floor geothermal vent-generated samples

scientific article published on 23 November 2001

New Catalog of Neutron Capture γ Rays for Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis

New Methods for the Determination of Total Radiative Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections

Nitric oxide as an intermediate in denitrification: Evidence from nitrogen-13 isotope exchange ⬇️

scientific article published on November 14, 1979

Non-magnetic Iron rich microspherules from Younger Dryas Boundary layer ⬇️

abstract from the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2013

Nuclear Data Sheets for

scientific article

Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 182

scientific article published in March 1995

Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 21

scientific article

Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 23

scientific article

Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 24

scientific article

Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 25

scientific article

Nuclear Structure and Decay Data in the Electronic Age

scholarly article

Observation of 23 supernovae that exploded <300 pc from earth during the past 300 kyr ⬇️

scholarly article

Photon Strength Function at Low Energies in 95Mo

article

Photon strength and the low-energy enhancement

article

Prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) and short-lived neutron activation analysis (NAA) applied to the characterization of legacy materials

scholarly article

Publisher's Note: Investigation of the tungsten isotopes via thermal neutron capture [Phys. Rev. C89, 014606 (2014)]

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Radiative Capture Cross Sections of 155,157 Gd for Thermal Neutrons

Radiative thermal neutron-capture cross sections for the W 180 ( n , γ ) reaction and determination of the neutron-separation energy

Radiative-capture cross sections for the La 139 ( n , γ ) reaction using thermal neutrons and structural properties of La 140

Reference database for photon strength functions

Reply to Blaauw et al., Boslough, Daulton, Gill et al., and Hardiman et al.: Younger Dryas impact proxies in Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico. ⬇️

scholarly article

Reply to Ives and Froese: Regarding the impact-related Younger Dryas boundary layer at Chobot site, Alberta, Canada. ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2013

Reply to van Hoesel et al.: Impact-related Younger Dryas boundary nanodiamonds from The Netherlands ⬇️

scholarly article

Science's neglected legacy

scientific article published in Nature

Soot as Evidence for Widespread Fires at the Younger Dryas Onset (YDB; 12.9 ka) ⬇️

abstract PP13C-1471 for the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008

Statistical gamma-ray emission of gold and its astrophysical implications

TANDEM: a mutual cooperation effort for transactinide nuclear data evaluation and measurement

Table of Superdeformed Nuclear Bands and Fission Isomers

scholarly article published October 2002

Table of Superdeformed Nuclear Bands and Fission Isomers

scholarly article published May 1996

Table of isotopes

digital supplement to a book published in 1996

Terrestrial Evidence of a Nuclear Catastrophe in Paleoindian Times ⬇️

The Case for the Younger Dryas Extraterrestrial Impact Event: Mammoth, Megafauna, and Clovis Extinction, 12,900 Years Ago. ⬇️

article by Richard B Firestone

The Correlation Between Impact Crater Ages and Chronostratigraphic Boundary Dates

scholarly article

The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: How a Stone-Age Comet Changed the Course of World Culture

book by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith about the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: How a Stone-Age Comet Changed the Course of World Culture

paperback edition of a book by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith about the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

The Evaluated Gamma-ray Activation File (EGAF)

The Evaluated Gamma-ray Activation File (EGAF)

The characterization of legacy radioactive materials by gamma spectroscopy and prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA)

scientific article published in January 2004

The new prompt gamma-ray catalogue for PGAA

scientific article published in October 2000

The use of prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) for the analyses and characterization of materials: Photochromic materials

scientific article

Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections Of The Palladium Isotopes

Thermal Neutron Capture onto the Stable Tungsten Isotopes

article

Thermal neutron capture cross section for Fe 56 ( n , γ )

Thermal neutron capture cross sections and neutron separation energies for 23Na(n,γ)

scientific article

Thermal neutron capture cross sections of tellurium isotopes

Thermal neutron capture cross sections of the palladium isotopes

scientific article

Thermal neutron capture cross sections of the potassium isotopes

scientific article

Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago ⬇️

scholarly article

γ-ray decay from neutron-bound and unbound states in Mo95 and a novel technique for spin determination

article

γ-ray spectroscopy of excited states inEu143

scientific article published in January 1981

γdecay from the quasicontinuum ofAu197,198

scholarly article

εβ+decay ofGd145: Resolution ofεβ+decay branching ratio anomalies and evidence for pronounced structures in theβ-decay strength

scientific article

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