Prospects for studying the effect of electronic screening on alpha decay in storage rings

Study of the role of electron screening in alpha decay is advanced, aimed at experimental testing in storage rings. To this end, systematic calculation of the effect in heavy ions of the nuclei within the Ra to Po domain of alpha emitters is conducted using the adiabatic approach. The effect obtained is to slow the decay down by an amount within a percent value. It is of the opposite sign compared to predictions by the conventional frozen shell model. The reason for the divergence is pointed out. Testing this difference experimentally in storage ring facilities is discussed.