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The $\alpha$ particle's energy inside a nucleus is lesser than the Coulomb barrier height. Justify

The $\alpha$-decay is usually explained via quantum tunnelling. This is because the $\alpha$ particles do not have sufficient energy to climb over the Coulomb barrier. But how do we know this? We can ...
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