In reply to Eric Walker's message of Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:19:03 -0600: Hi Eric,
This is just a restatement of your original position with no further supporting evidence or logic. The emphasis I think should be placed on the word "opposite". IOW one might expect the result to be "opposite" as well. >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 Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
