α decay of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Re</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>159</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math>and proton emission from<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Ta</mml:mi><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mrow><mml:mn>155</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math>

The \ensuremath{\alpha} decay of $^{159}\mathrm{Re}$ has been observed for the first time in reactions of 300 MeV $^{58}\mathrm{Ni}$ ions with an isotopicall...