Calculation of alpha half-lives of radiosotopes by using different techniques

AbstractCalculation of Alpha Half-Lives of Radioisotopes byUsingDi¤erent TechniquesSÜR, SerapM. Sc in Engineering PhysicsSupervisor: Prof. Dr. Zihni ÖZTÜRKJuly 2005The estimations and comparisions of alpha half-lives of alphaemitting isotopes of odd-odd, even-even, odd-even and even-odd nu-clei are made by using di¤erent methods. Tunnelling probabilitiesare determined by the breaking the Coulomb barrier into segments.The obtained succesive tunnelling probabilities are multiplied toobtain tunnelling probability utilized to determine alpha half-lives.The advantages and disadvantages of the model are discussed. Itis observed that an application of the simple model based on thetunnelling probability provides quite satisfactory results comparedto some other techniques.Key words: Alpha Decay, Tunnelling Probability, Half-life.1