Additional experimental evidence against a solar influence on nuclear decay rates

2012/08/21 by E. B. Norman, Norman, Eric B.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1208.4357

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Abstract

Conflicting results from two experiments studying the decay of Cl-36 point to instrumental artifacts rather than a solar influence being responsible for variations in measured counting rates.

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