We do indeed search in multiple decay modes, and the same result needs to be consistent with all of them to be considered valid.
If the higher masses hadn't been excluded, we'd expect different decay modes out there as well.
These two different decay modes must be associated with two isomeric states.
The decay mode and half-life were also confirmed in a repetition of the first experiment.
Pu-240 undergoes spontaneous fission as a secondary decay mode at a small but significant rate.
I'll have to consider all the other decay modes in detail.
Observation of such decay modes would constitute clear evidence for theories beyond the Standard Model.
Double electron capture is a decay mode of atomic nucleus.
To confirm the synthesis, the reaction was successfully repeated by the same team in January 2003, confirming the decay mode and half life.
However, no radioactivity from any decay mode of this nuclear isomer has ever been observed.