Phys. Rev. C 68, 015804 (2003) [8 pages]Screened α decay in dense astrophysical plasmas and superstrong magnetic fieldsReceived 12 February 2003; published 30 July 2003 This paper shows that ultrastrong magnetic fields (such as those of magnetars) and dense astrophysical plasmas can reduce the half-life of α-decaying nuclei by many orders of magnitude. In such environments, the conventional Geiger-Nuttall law is modified so that all relevant half-lives are shifted to dramatically lower values. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.68.015804
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.68.015804
PACS:
23.60.+e, 26.30.+k, 26.20.+f
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