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Calculation a New Transmission Coefficient of Tunneling for an Arbitrary Potential Barrier and Application to Alpha Decay

Received: Jan. 15, 2019    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2019    Published: Dec. 25, 2019
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According to classical physics theories, a moving particle cannot move to an environment with greater potential energy than its total energy during movement. But according to quantum theories, this event is known to be. This event is called tunneling. Tunneling is a probability, and it is measured by a transition coefficient. Correct calculation of this coefficient is very important because very sensitive and important instruments have been developed based on this event, and many events in nature can be explained by tunneling. This coefficient is generally calculated by semi-classical approaches (WKB) and the known formula is an approximate formula. In this paper, the general transmission coefficient of a potential barrier with arbitrary form is calculated by a simple method without any approximation. The results are applied to calculate the half-life values of the nuclei that emit alpha particles. The half-life values obtained from our calculations and the classical method (WKB) have been compared, and it has been found that the new half-life values are exactly consistent with the experimental values.

DOI 10.11648/j.jmpt.20190502.11
Published in Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology ( Volume 5, Issue 2, December 2019 )
Page(s) 24-31
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Keywords

Tunneling, Transmission Coefficient, Alpha Decay, Half-Life of Alpha Decay

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  • Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Bornova – Izmir, Turkey

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