[asa] Varying decay rates with Solar distance

From this paper: http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/0808.3283 (which may be
undergoing peer review)

"Unexplained periodic fluctuations in the decay rates of Si-32 and Ra-226
have been reported by groups at Brookhaven National Laboratory (Si-32), and
at the Physikalisch-Technische-Bundesandstalt in Germany (Ra-226). We show
from an analysis of the raw data in these experiments that the observed
fluctuations are strongly correlated in time, not only with each other, but
also with the distance between the Earth and the Sun"

During the recent Solar eclipse, some of this appears to have been tested:
http://www.afrc.af.mil/newsreleases/story.asp?id=123108330

Of course, the chances it will have an impact favorable to YEC is very
remote.

Coope

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Received on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:33:05 -0500