Bremsstrahlung emission accompanying α-decay of deformed nuclei

Maydanyuk, S. P.; Olkhovsky, V. S.; Giardina, G.; Fazio, G.; Mandaglio, G.; Manganaro, M.
Bibliographical reference

Nuclear Physics, Section A, Volume 823, Issue 1, p. 38-46.

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2009
Number of authors
6
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0
Citations
16
Refereed citations
12
Description
A fully quantum model describing the angular distribution of the bremsstrahlung photon emission accompanying the α-decay of a deformed nucleus is presented for the first time. An analytical dependence of the bremsstrahlung probability on the quadrupole deformation parameter β of the decaying nucleus has been found. Such a model and the detailed formalism allow us to calculate the stable spectra of the bremsstrahlung emission probability for different values of the angle between the direction of the α-particle motion and the symmetry axis of the decaying nucleus. We present the results of this new model by the calculation of the photon emission probability accompanying the α-decay of the 226Ra nucleus which has the nuclear deformation parameter β=0.151. The results show by a clear way the role and the influence of the nuclear deformation of the decaying nucleus on the bremsstrahlung photon spectrum.
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