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View SchemaPositron Tunnelling through the Coulomb Barrier of Superheavy Nuclei
| Authors | Norman Dombey, Richard L. Hall |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9912076 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9912076 |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00016-2 |
| Journal | Phys.Lett. B474 (2000) 1-6 |
Abstract
We study beams of medium-energy electrons and positrons which obey the Dirac equation and scatter from nuclei with $Z > 100.$ At small distances the potential is modelled to be that of a charged sphere. A large peak is found in the probability of positron penetration to the origin for $Z \approx 184.$ This may be understood as an example of Klein tunnelling through the Coulomb barrier: it is the analogue of the Klein Paradox for the Coulomb potential.
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