On alpha-decay rates in heavy nuclei
- 1 May 1968
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 46 (9) , 1119-1128
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p68-140
Abstract
The alpha-decay rates in heavy nuclei are analyzed by a method in which the decay rates are factored into one-body widths and spectroscopic factors. It is shown that the discrepancy between the absolute values of the experimental alpha-decay rates and those calculated with the nuclear shell model has mainly resided in the incorrect assessment of the one-body widths and that it can be largely removed by a more direct treatment of the average interaction between the alpha particle and the residual nucleus.Keywords
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