| Abstract: | A short summary of the present status of prompt particle decays in the mass  region is presented. It includes recent results from a GAMMASPHERE experiment, which aimed at the combined high-resolution spectroscopy of light charged particles and  -rays to allow for more detailed studies of known decays and the identification of new cases of discrete prompt proton and  -particle emission from highly and superdeformed states.Received: 10 October 2002, Published online: 17 February 2004PACS: 23.50. + z Decay by proton emission - 23.60. + e  decay - 27.40. + z  - 27.50. + e  |
