Alpha decay rate enhancement in metals: An unlikely scenario
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v2 Nuclear Experiment
Physics and Society
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0608049,
title = {Alpha decay rate enhancement in metals: An unlikely scenario},
author = {Nikolaj Thomas Zinner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0608049},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
RevTeX4. 5 pages, 1 figure. Accepted by Nucl. Phys. A