Bremsstrahlung in alpha decay reexamined

A high-statistics measurement of bremsstrahlung emitted in the alpha decay of (210)Po has been performed, which allows us to follow the photon spectra up to energies of approximately 500 keV. The measured differential emission probability is in good agreement with our theoretical results obtained wi...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 99; no. 2; p. 022505
Main Authors Boie, H, Scheit, H, Jentschura, U D, Köck, F, Lauer, M, Milstein, A I, Terekhov, I S, Schwalm, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 13.07.2007
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Summary:A high-statistics measurement of bremsstrahlung emitted in the alpha decay of (210)Po has been performed, which allows us to follow the photon spectra up to energies of approximately 500 keV. The measured differential emission probability is in good agreement with our theoretical results obtained within the quasiclassical approximation as well as with the exact quantum mechanical calculation. It is shown that, due to the small effective electric dipole charge of the radiating system, a significant interference between the electric dipole and quadrupole contributions occurs, which is altering substantially the angular correlation between the alpha particle and the emitted photon.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.022505