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On the induced release of the energy of isomeric nucleiin a Bose—Einstein condensate

Лев Абрамович Ривлин

Published May 31, 2005• 1 citation

Abstract

It is shown that the asymptotic temporal behaviour of the current value of the stimulated emission cross section leads to a complex dynamics of the radiative release of the nuclear energy of long-lived metastable states induced by the external flux of resonance gamma quanta. The stimulated emission cross section of isomeric nuclei in atoms of a Bose—Einstein condensate becomes sufficient to achieve a comparatively high efficiency of this process, which is manifested in a considerable increase in the decay rate of metastable states.

DOI: 10.1070/qe2005v035n05abeh003426

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