27 September 2010 to 1 October 2010
CSIR Convention Centre
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Do (anti)neutrinos influence radioactive decay rates?

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CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR Convention Centre

CSIR, Pretoria
Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics

Speaker

Dr Frederick David Smit (iThemba LABS, , PO Box 722, Somerset West 7129, South Africa)

Description

A recent paper by Jenkins et al. suggested that the radioactive decay rate of certain radionuclides may be influenced by the neutrino flux from the Sun which varies with the distance between the Sun and Earth. This paper reports on measurements made at a reactor to test this claim.

Primary author

Prof. R.J. de Meijer (Stichting EARTH, deWeehorst, 9321 XS 2, Peize, the Netherlands. 2 Department of Physics, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa)

Co-authors

Dr Frederick David Smit (iThemba LABS, , PO Box 722, Somerset West 7129, South Africa) Dr M. Blaauw (3Reactor Institute Delft, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, the Netherlands)

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