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To the modification of methods of nuclear chronometry in astrophysics and geophysics

Nuclear Theory 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

In practically all known till now methods of nuclear chronometry there were usually taken into account the life-times of only fundamental states of α\alpha-radioactive nuclei. But in the processes of nuclear synthesis in stars and under the influence of the constant cosmic radiation on surfaces of planets the excitations of the α\alpha-radioactive nuclei are going on. Between them there are the states with the excited α\alpha-particles inside the parent nuclei and so with much smaller life-times. And inside the large masses of stellar, terrestrial and meteoric substances the transitions between different internal conditions of radioactive nuclei are accompanied by infinite chains of the γ\gamma-radiations with the subsequent γ\gamma-absorptions, the further γ\gamma-radiations etc. For the description of the α\alpha-decay evolution with considering of such excited states and multiple γ\gamma-radiations and γ\gamma-absorptions inside stars and under the influence of the cosmic radiation on the earth surface we present the quantum-mechanical approach, which is based on the generalized Krylov-Fock theorem. Some simple estimations are also presented. They bring to the conclusion that the usual (non-corrected) "nuclear clocks" do really indicate not to realistic values but to the \emph{upper limits} of the durations of the α\alpha-decay stellar and planet processes.

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@article{arxiv.0902.1077,
  title  = {To the modification of methods of nuclear chronometry in astrophysics and geophysics},
  author = {V. S. Olkhovsky and M. E. Dolinska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1077},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, Standard LaTeX v.2e