Evidence of correlations between nuclear decay rates and Earth–Sun distance
By J. Jenkins, Ephraim Fischbach, J. B. Buncher, J. Gruenwald, Dennis E. Krause, J. J. Mattes. 2008
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Abstract Unexplained periodic fluctuations in the decay rates of 32 Si and 226 Ra have been reported by groups at Brookhaven National Laboratory ( 32 Si), and at the Physikalisch–Technische–Bundesanstalt in Germany ( 226 Ra). We show from an analysis of the raw data in these experiments that the observed fluctuations are strongly correlated in time, not only with each other, but also with the time of year. We discuss both the possibility that these correlations arise from seasonal influences on the detection system, as well as the suggestion of an annual modulation of the decay rates themselves which vary with Earth–Sun distance.
Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation
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