Zur Quantentheorie des Atomkernes
Article
Formal Antecedent
Foundations and Logic
Citation
George Gamow. (1928). Zur Quantentheorie des Atomkernes. Zeitschrift für Physik. 51. pp. 204–212.
Why this reference is included
Gamow’s 1928 Zur Quantentheorie des Atomkernes, published in Zeitschrift für Physik, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited in Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 5, Chapter The Alpha Particle, where the program draws on it in the context of “ionα-Decay and Gamow Tunneling Heavy nuclei shed α-particles: ^A_Z X → ^A-4_Z-2Y + ^4_2He The α escapes via quantum tunneling through the Coulomb barrier: T ≈ (-2π Z_1 Z_2 e^2 v)….”
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 5Chapter The Alpha Particle
ionα-Decay and Gamow Tunneling Heavy nuclei shed α-particles: ^A_Z X → ^A-4_Z-2Y + ^4_2He The α escapes via quantum tunneling through the Coulomb barrier: T ≈ (-2π Z_1 Z_2 e^2 v) Gamow's 1928 theory explains the vast range of α-decay half-lives—a factor of 2 in decay energy produces a factor of 10^20 in half-life