Considerations about a microscopic description of the α-particle decay of heavy nuclei

Abstract
A particle decay theory is formulated for long-lived states where the decay is determined by the knowledge of the bound-state wavefunction of the metastable decaying nucleus. This theory is especially interesting for alpha -decaying states. The connection with the alpha -decay theory of Fliessbach et al. (see Nucl. Phys. A, vol.263, p.75, 1976) is sketched briefly. It is indicated that the formation of alpha -clusters at and outside the nuclear surface can be extracted from experimental alpha -particle data.

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