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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
physics and astronomy
No evidence for antineutrinos significantly influencing exponential Β
+
decay
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Volume 69, No. 2, Year 2011
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Description
High-precision measurements were conducted on the time evolution of gamma-ray count rates during reactor-on and reactor-off periods to investigate the possible influence of antineutrinos on nuclear decay. This experiment was triggered by a recent analysis (Jenkins et al., 2009) of long-term measurements suggesting a possible link to variations in nuclear decay rate and solar neutrino flux. The antineutrino flux during reactor-off periods is mainly due to geoneutrinos and four orders of magnitude lower than during reactor-on periods. No effects have been observed for the two branches in the decay of 152Eu and the decay of 137Cs, 54Mn and 22Na. The upper limit determined of the ratio Δλ/λ for 22Na is (-1±2)×10-4, and 54Mn is (-1±4)×10-4. In comparison to the interpretation of Jenkins et al. our measurements do not show any such effect to at least two orders of magnitude less. Hence either the hypothesis of Jenkins et al. is not true or else one of two rather unlikely possibilities must also be true: either the effect of neutrinos on Β- decay differs considerably from the effect of antineutrinos on Β+ decay, or the effect of antineutrinos on Β+ decay must be identical to their effect on Β- and electron-capture decay. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
de Meijer, Robert J.
Netherlands, Peize
Stichting Earth
South Africa, Bellville
University of the Western Cape
Blaauw, M.
Netherlands, Delft
Delft University of Technology
Smit, Frederick D.
South Africa, Somerset West
Themba Labs
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.002
ISSN:
09698043
Research Areas
Cancer
Study Approach
Quantitative