Practical predictions for the effects of acceleration on decay

TL;DR

This paper predicts how acceleration influences decay rates across alpha, beta, and isomeric processes, highlighting that some effects could be observable with future particle accelerators.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed predictions of acceleration effects on various decay processes, including isomeric decay of Thorium 229m.

Findings

Lower acceleration thresholds for decay effects compared to previous studies

Potential observability of effects in Thorium 229m with next-generation accelerators

Broad applicability across multiple decay types

Abstract

We make predictions of the effects of acceleration on decay rate for three benchmark processes spanning alpha, beta and isomeric decay. These processes are observed to require lower acceleration than that required by previously studied processes. In particular for the case of isomeric decay of Thorium 229m the effects of acceleration are found to be tantalizingly close to being observable with next generation particle accelerators.