Heavy particle radioactivity predicted in 1980 was experimentally confirmed since 1984. The obtained until now data on half-lives and branching ratios relative to α-decay of ~(14)C, ~(18,20)O, ~(23)F, ~(22,24-26)Ne, ~(28,30)Mg and ~(32,34)Si radioactivities are in good agreement with predicted values within the analytical superasymmetric fission (ASAF) model. The strong shell effect may be further exploited to search for new cluster emitters.
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