Gamows alpha decay theory revisited

TL;DR

This paper revisits Gamow's alpha decay theory, providing an alternative derivation that addresses the original's phenomenological shortcomings, particularly the problematic touching frequency assumption.

Contribution

It offers a revised derivation of Gamow's alpha decay theory that eliminates the need for the touching frequency concept, improving theoretical consistency.

Findings

Derived Gamow's theory without touching frequency

Clarified the physical interpretation of alpha decay

Enhanced theoretical understanding of alpha emission

Abstract

G. Gamow's alpha-decay theory (1928), although successful, has a wrong phenomenological argument that an alpha-particle inside a radioactive nucleus moves back and forth through the dense mass of nucleons (retaining its identity) a number of times before it comes out. This short paper seeks to get over this shortcoming by deriving principally the Gamow's theory through a slightly alternative approach by avoiding the problematic touching frequency in the original theory.