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EVOLUTION OF A QUASI-STATIONARY STATE. Interim Technical Report No. 2

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4010632

To elucidate the time development of quasi-stationary states, a simple barrier penetration problem was studied. Both approximate expressions and numerical results for some parameters were obtained for the decay rate. Irregular oscillations occurred for a short time followed by the exponential region. Then further oscillations occurred during which the decay rate dipped to negative values, so that the probability of finding the undecayed system increased briefly at several times. Finally, the decay rate decreased like an inverse power of time. (auth)

Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
NSA Number:
NSA-15-018938
OSTI ID:
4010632
Report Number(s):
OOR-1911.3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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