Talk:Mott problem

Correct article name
This has some famous name attached to it, but I can't remember which. Article should be moved to that name. linas 1 July 2005 22:28 (UTC)

more complicated
Move comments by User:Pdn here from article:


 * It is more complicated, I think. The spherical wave is diluted by the inverse square law as it expands. This means that the problem just mentioned is not only with the detector. Quantum mechanics being inherently probabilistic, one really needs to deal with an ensemble of decays (to be sure of getting any signal for "a significant number of the cases." ) Then one is stuck with more problem about when the decay occurred. Pdn 8 July 2005 00:28 (UTC)

VFD
On 5 July 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep and cleanup. See Votes for deletion/Spherical decay experiment for a record of the discussion. – ABCD 18:31, 11 July 2005 (UTC)