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Gamow barrier
  ورغه‌ی ِ گاموف  
varqe-ye Gâmof (#)
Fr.: barrière de Gamow  

In nuclear physics, a potential barrier near the surface of the nucleus that inhibits the release of alpha particles.

See also: Gamow, after George Gamow (originally Georgiy Antonovich Gamov), the Ukrainian born theoretical physicist and cosmologist, who discovered quantum tunneling; → barrier.