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arxiv: 0902.4628 · v4 · submitted 2009-02-26 · ⚛️ nucl-th · cond-mat.stat-mech· nucl-ex· quant-ph

Possible stimulation of nuclear alpha-decay by superfluid helium

classification ⚛️ nucl-th cond-mat.stat-mechnucl-exquant-ph
keywords 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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