Evidence against correlations between nuclear decay rates and Earth-Sun distance

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E. B. Norman · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Edgardo Browne · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Howard A. Shugart · University of California, Berkeley

Tenzing H. Y. Joshi · University of California, Berkeley

R. B. Firestone · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Abstract

We have reexamined our previously published data to search for evidence of correlations between the rates for the alpha, beta-minus, beta-plus, and electron-capture decays of 22Na, 44Ti, 108Agm, 121Snm, 133Ba, and 241Am and the Earth-Sun distance. We find no evidence for such correlations and set limits on the possible amplitudes of such correlations substantially smaller than those observed in previous experiments.

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Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radioactive contamination and transfer

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Published in: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.12.004

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Evidence against correlations between nuclear decay rates and Earth-Sun distance

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