https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1803.10110/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16823806urn:hackerpapers:mention:1803.10110:16823806Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:51:46 GMT<p>&gt; Certain isotopes of argon radioactively decay more or less depending on the season. This sentence puzzled me a bit so i looked at the abstract of the referenced paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10110 A hypothesis is proposed to explain the long-standing DAMA/LIBRA puzzle. Introduced into the DAMA/LIBRA shielding is a purge gas of nominally high-purity nitrogen, which under this hypothesis contains argon impurities. Argon is introduced into the nitrogen purge gas either through leaks in the purge gas plumbing, or through commercially-supplied bottled nitrogen, diffuses through materials in…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1803.10110/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>hep-ex