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| author | Lin, Hanzhen Lu, Yukun Ketterle, Wolfgang |
| author_facet | Lin, Hanzhen Lu, Yukun Ketterle, Wolfgang |
| contents | This paper lays out the principles of how Bose-Einstein condensates can modify radioactive decay. We highlight the challenges of many modes and short coherence times due to the $\approx$ MeV energies of the emitted radiation. Recent proposals for gamma ray and neutrino lasers claim that using a Bose-Einstein condensate as a source would solve these issues. We show that this is not the case, and the proposed experiments would have a gain of only $10^{-20}$ or smaller. We also analyze proposals for gamma ray lasers based on stimulated annihilation of positronium Bose-Einstein condensates. |
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| spellingShingle | Can Bose-Einstein condensates enhance radioactive decay? Lin, Hanzhen Lu, Yukun Ketterle, Wolfgang Quantum Physics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Atomic Physics This paper lays out the principles of how Bose-Einstein condensates can modify radioactive decay. We highlight the challenges of many modes and short coherence times due to the $\approx$ MeV energies of the emitted radiation. Recent proposals for gamma ray and neutrino lasers claim that using a Bose-Einstein condensate as a source would solve these issues. We show that this is not the case, and the proposed experiments would have a gain of only $10^{-20}$ or smaller. We also analyze proposals for gamma ray lasers based on stimulated annihilation of positronium Bose-Einstein condensates. |
| title | Can Bose-Einstein condensates enhance radioactive decay? |
| topic | Quantum Physics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21692 |