Document Type
Article
Abstract
The small sub-barrier tunneling probability of nuclear processes can be dramatically enhanced by collision with incident charged particles. Semiclassical methods of theory of complex trajectories have been applied to nuclear tunneling, and conditions for the effects have been obtained. We demonstrate the enhancement of αparticle decay by incident proton with energy of about 0.25 MeV. We show that the general features of this process are common for other sub-barrier nuclear processes and can be applied to nuclear fission.
Publication Info
Published in Physical Review C, Volume 69, Issue 3, 2004, pages 037602-1-037602-4.
Ivlev, B. and Gudkov, V. (2004). New enhanced tunneling in nuclear processes. Physical Review C, 69(3), 037602-1 - 037602-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.037602
© 2004 The American Physical Society.