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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Pulling From The Outside

The weak fields holding the Helium-4, 4He nucleus in place in a larger nucleus are gravitational.  This means that any acceleration, and high gravity acting through the center of the larger nucleus will aid the ejection of the Helium-4 nucleus.

A centrifuge at high spin can speed alpha decay.