Gamow's 1928 tunneling theory of alpha decay: the half-life of an alpha emitter is controlled by the transmission coefficient through the Coulomb barrier, giving the Geiger-Nuttall law log T_{1/2} = A + B/sqrt(E). First successful…
Gamow's 1928 tunneling theory of alpha decay: the half-life of an alpha emitter is controlled by the transmission coefficient through the Coulomb barrier, giving the Geiger-Nuttall law log T_{1/2} = A + B/sqrt(E). First successful…