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Concerning the variability of beta-decay measurements

P. A. Sturrock, E. Fischbach, A. Parkhomov, J. D. Scargle, G. Steinitz

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Abstract

Many experiments have been carried out to study the beta-decay rates of a variety of nuclides, and many - but not all - of these experiments yield evidence of variability of these rates. While there is as yet no accepted theory to explain patterns in the results, a number of conjectures have been proposed. We discuss three prominent conjectures (which are not mutually exclusive) - that variability of beta-decay rates may be due to (a) environmental influences, (b) solar neutrinos, and (c) cosmic neutrinos. We find evidence in support of each of these conjectures.

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12 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables
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nucl-exNuclear Experiment hep-phHigh Energy Physics, Phenomenology

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