Possible stimulation of nuclear alpha-decay by superfluid helium
Nuclear Theory
2009-09-03 v4 Statistical Mechanics
Nuclear Experiment
Quantum Physics
Abstract
It is suggested that superfluid helium (condensate of 4-He atoms) may stimulate nuclear alpha-decay in a situation when an alpha-emitter moves through superfluid helium with fine-tuned velocity, so that the backward-emitted alpha-particle is at rest in the laboratory frame. It is shown that the probability of stimulated alpha-decay in this case may be sizable enough to be detected.
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@article{arxiv.0902.4628,
title = {Possible stimulation of nuclear alpha-decay by superfluid helium},
author = {A. L. Barabanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4628},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, LaTeX, final published version in Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009)