| Issue |
EPL
Volume 81, Number 4, February 2008
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 42001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Nuclear Physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/81/42001 | |
| Published online | 11 January 2008 | |
Observation of the acceleration by an electromagnetic field of nuclear beta decay
American University - Washington, DC 20016-8058, USA and Max Born Institute - 12489 Berlin, Germany
Received:
9
September
2007
Accepted:
7
December
2007
Measurements are reported of the acceleration of the first-forbidden beta
decay of 137Cs by exposure to intense, low-frequency electromagnetic
fields. Two separate experiments were done: one in a coaxial cavity, and the
other in a coaxial transmission line. The first showed an increase in the beta
decay rate of (6.8±3.2)
10-4 relative to the natural rate, and the
other resulted in an increase of (6.5±2.0)10-4. In addition, a Fourier analysis of the rate of 662 keV gamma emission following from the
beta decay in the standing-wave experiment showed a clear indication of the
frequency with which the external field was switched on and off. A simultaneously detected gamma emission from a placebo nucleus showed no such peak.
PACS: 23.40.-s – β decay; double β decay; electron and muon capture / 23.90.+w – Other topics in radioactive decay and in-beam spectroscopy / 28.90.+i – Other topics in nuclear engineering and nuclear power studies
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