Comment on enhancement of forbidden nuclear beta decay by high-intensity radio-frequency fields

W. Becker, R. R. Schlicher, and M. O. Scully
Phys. Rev. C 29, 1124 – Published 1 March 1984
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Abstract

A recent claim that forbidden nuclear beta decay can, by the application of a high-intensity radio-frequency field, be enhanced by many orders of magnitude is contested. The effect is shown to be nonexistent, at least within the theoretical model which has been adopted thus far.

  • Received 23 May 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.29.1124

©1984 American Physical Society

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W. Becker, R. R. Schlicher, and M. O. Scully

  • Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, D-8046 Garching bei München, West Germany
  • Institute for Modern Optics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

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Vol. 29, Iss. 3 — March 1984

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