2003/07/01 by Eugene F. Chaffin, E. Chaffin, Chaffin, E. +3
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0307007
7 pages, 2 figures; corrected typos
openalex publication_date 2003/07/01 · arxiv created 2003/07/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Oklo data constrain the depth of the nuclear potential well to a small margin of error, determined by various unknowns, such as the reactor temperature. However, we show that even these small variations could allow the U-238 half-life to vary by more than one order of magnitude.