Systematic study of $\alpha$ decay for isomer related nuclei within a two-potential approach

TL;DR

This paper systematically investigates the influence of nuclear isomeric states on alpha decay using a two-potential approach, revealing that preformation probabilities are similar between isomers and ground states.

Contribution

It introduces a systematic study of isomeric states' role in alpha decay within a two-potential framework, highlighting the comparable preformation probabilities.

Findings

Preformation probabilities of isomers and ground states are approximately equal.

Isomeric states do not significantly alter alpha decay preformation probabilities.

The two-potential approach effectively models alpha decay in isomeric nuclei.

Abstract

$\alpha$ decay occurs in both ground states and isomers of nuclei. In this work, we use the two-potential approach to systematically study whether isomeric states play a key role on $\alpha$ particle clustering or not. The results indicate the ratios of $\alpha$ decay preformation probabilities of isomers to ground states are found to be around 1.