Alpha decay rate enhancement in metals: An unlikely scenario

Details Alpha decay rate enhancement in metals: An unlikely scenario Alpha decay rate enhancement in metals: An unlikely scenario

2006-08-21

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0608049v2

Nucl.Phys.A781:81-87,2007

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

RevTeX4. 5 pages, 1 figure. Accepted by Nucl. Phys. A

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.10.071

It has been recently suggested that one might drastically shorten the alpha
lifetime of nuclear waste products, if these are embedded in metals at low
temperatures. Using quantum mechanical tunneling arguments, we show that such
an effect is likely to be very small, if present at all.

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