Positron Tunnelling through the Coulomb Barrier of Superheavy Nuclei

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00016-2arXivnucl-th/9912076MaRDI QIDQ6502525FDOQ6502525

Authors: Norman Dombey, Richard L. Hall 

Abstract: We study beams of medium-energy electrons and positrons which obey the Dirac equation and scatter from nuclei with $Z>100.$ At small distances the potential is modelled to be that of a charged sphere. A large peak is found in the probability of positron penetration to the origin for $Zapprox184.$ This may be understood as an example of Klein tunnelling through the Coulomb barrier: it is the analogue of the Klein Paradox for the Coulomb potential.

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