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The 73 pages that link to Alpha decay, each with the reason it gives.

• Radioactive decayBroader topic: It ejects a compact cluster of two protons and two neutrons.

• Atomic nucleusBroader topic: The parent nucleus loses two protons and two neutrons.

• RadioactivityBroader topic: It is one of the principal ways heavy radioactive nuclei shed mass and energy.

• ActinideBroader topic: Alpha emission is a common decay route for heavy actinide isotopes.

• Nuclear transmutationBroader topic: Its loss of two protons directly produces an element two places earlier in the periodic table.

• George GamowBroader topic: Gamow’s 1928 theory explained alpha decay using quantum tunneling.

• TennessineBroader topic: Observed alpha emissions linked tennessine atoms to lighter daughter nuclei.

• FleroviumBroader topic: Flerovium’s observed decay chains commonly begin with alpha emission to copernicium.

• Frederick SoddyBroader topic: Soddy used alpha emission to explain shifts between elements in radioactive series.

• Radiogenic heatBroader topic: Alpha particles deposit energy as they slow within surrounding rock.

• RadionuclideBroader topic: Heavy radionuclides can shed mass and charge through this emission.

• SeaborgiumBroader topic: Alpha-decay chains link short-lived seaborgium nuclei to identifiable daughter isotopes.

• RutherfordiumBroader topic: Several rutherfordium isotopes are identified through characteristic alpha-decay chains.

• Superheavy element researchBroader topic: Linked alpha decays can reveal a superheavy parent nucleus and its successive daughter nuclei.

• Decay energyBroader topic: Its discrete alpha-particle energies reveal the decay energy and daughter recoil.

• Decay productBroader topic: Alpha emission lowers the parent’s atomic number by two and mass number by four.

• Primordial nuclideBroader topic: It is a major decay mode of long-lived primordial heavy nuclides such as uranium.

• Quantum tunnellingBroader topic: The emitted alpha particle escapes the nuclear potential through tunnelling.