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Grade 9General Physics

Long time deviations from exponential decay in radioactivity

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12 Years agoGrade 9
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6 Years ago
For example, taking ω(E) as a Lorentzian function for all E yields the well-known exponential decay at all times. However, in real physical systems, ω(E) must always have a lower limit, which is, for example, associated with the rest mass of scattering particles.