Possible stimulation of nuclear alpha-decay by superfluid helium
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⚛️ nucl-th
cond-mat.stat-mechnucl-exquant-ph
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alpha-decayheliumsuperfluidnuclearalpha-emitteralpha-particleatomsbackward-emitted
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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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