Re: [asa] Varying decay rates with Solar distance

To clarify: the original authors proposed that seasonal changes in
temperature and/or humidity affected their detection scheme, causing
differential changes in the probability of detecting decays from the
two isotopes. They did not believe or suggest that the actual decay
rates were changing.

Kirk

On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Kirk Bertsche wrote:

> I'd take this with a grain of salt unless/until verified by other
> groups. Fischbach has proposed some far-out ideas in the past
> (e.g. a "fifth force" to explain anomalies in gravitational data).
> In the original paper from BNL, the authors suggest that seasonal
> changes in temperature and humidity may be the cause of their
> annual variations. They can't quite get the numbers to work out,
> but the effect is in the right direction and at the right phase.
>
> Kirk
>

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Received on Thu Aug 28 13:49:22 2008