# The effect of deformation and vibration on the alpha decay half-life

## TL;DR

This paper investigates how nuclear deformation and surface vibrations influence alpha decay half-lives, demonstrating that including these effects improves agreement with experimental data.

## Contribution

It introduces a modified Coulomb and proximity potential model that accounts for ground state deformations and surface vibrations in alpha decay calculations.

## Key findings

- Deformation significantly affects decay probabilities in deformed nuclei.
- Including surface vibrations increases tunneling probability.
- Model results align better with experimental data when vibrations are considered.

## Abstract

In this work, we expand upon our previous study, the effect of surface vibrations (low-lying vibrational states) on the calculation of penetration probability in alpha decay of spherical isotopes [Phys.Rev.C91,034611(2015)]. To this aim, the Coulomb and proximity potential model, taking in to account the ground state deformations of the involved nuclei along with the surface vibrations in the daughter nucleus, is used to evaluate the alpha decay probability. The results are compared with those obtained by spherical potential barrier, which shows the dramatic effect of employing the ground state deformations in case of deformed nuclei. As well, including of surface vibrations give rise to an increase in the value of tunneling probability in better agreement with experimental data.