On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 2:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: No, I'm saying it does both. When the alpha particle is far away it > enhances it, > but when it get close to a target nucleus it works against it. I'm not > sure what > the net result would be. >
More to the point, it might be possible to think of alpha decay and alpha capture as being opposite directions of the same process. So if there's something that catalyzes the "leaking" of an alpha particle out of heavier nuclides, the same thing might enhance the ability of lighter nuclides to capture them if it would be energetically favorable. Eric
