Re: [Phys-l] Is the Gamow; Bohr-Weizsäcker model passé?

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

On Feb 7, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> I include Gamow because:
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> Mr Tompkins and the Chinese whispers - 08 July 1995 - New Scientist
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> Ignoring the question, would charging a drop (water?) cause it to  
> fission or would it alpha decay?  Also could one "shoot"  a small  
> drop at a large one and induce fission?
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> The reason I ask is, as those who have "looked" at my recent post  
> know, a friend photographs drop collisions.  All are of ~ equal size  
> and the result is "splat".  Perhaps a small drop would induce  
> fission instead. (?)
>
> bc

1) I do not  see any Gamow included. But that is OK.
2) OK, I am ignoring the first question.
3) The second question refers to neutral drops of water. It consists  
of two sub-questions, for any particular kinetic energy of the small  
drop, and any particular impact parameter (initial angular momentum)  
of the two-body system.

a) Would the two drops (large and small) fuse?

b) What happens after that ?

Right?


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