{"title":"A Classical Approach to Nuclear Instability","authors":"D. L. Selke","doi":"10.24018/ejphysics.2021.3.5.109","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We extend a classical model of nuclei to include geometry as well as electron-like shells, then apply the model to the moments leading up to nuclear decay. The model leads to the well-known half-life or constant probability of a given nucleus to decay in a given time.","PeriodicalId":292629,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"17 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Applied Physics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejphysics.2021.3.5.109","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We extend a classical model of nuclei to include geometry as well as electron-like shells, then apply the model to the moments leading up to nuclear decay. The model leads to the well-known half-life or constant probability of a given nucleus to decay in a given time.