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Half life no longer constant.
thenukeman:
It has been determined that half life fluctuates with the rotation of the inner core of the sun, about every 33 days. Outer core rotation 28 days. Why? Not exactly sure!! Some think it could be a change in the neutrino flux every 33 days.
More here!!! http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Half-life+%28more+or+less%29%3a+physicists+are+stirred+by+claims+that+the+...-a0190003288
HydroDave63:
One possible contributor might be that since the detectors being used are sensitive electronic devices with lots of shielding, might be a electromagnetic effect as the neutrinos change flavor.
grantime:
Don't ya just hate it when lifes little constants turn into variables :P
thenukeman:
A surprise
Going back to take another look at the decay data from the Brookhaven lab, the researchers found a recurring pattern of 33 days. It was a bit of a surprise, given that most solar observations show a pattern of about 28 days – the rotation rate of the surface of the sun.
More here, http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/august/sun-082310.html
The explanation? The core of the sun – where nuclear reactions produce neutrinos – apparently spins more slowly than the surface we see. "It may seem counter-intuitive, but it looks as if the core rotates more slowly than the rest of the sun," Sturrock said.
All of the evidence points toward a conclusion that the sun is "communicating" with radioactive isotopes on Earth, said Fischbach.
But there's one rather large question left unanswered. No one knows how neutrinos could interact with radioactive materials to change their rate of decay.
"It doesn't make sense according to conventional ideas," Fischbach said. Jenkins whimsically added, "What we're suggesting is that something that doesn't really interact with anything is changing something that can't be changed."
"It's an effect that no one yet understands," agreed Sturrock. "Theorists are starting to say, 'What's going on?' But that's what the evidence points to. It's a challenge for the physicists and a challenge for the solar people too."
If the mystery particle is not a neutrino, "It would have to be something we don't know about, an unknown particle that is also emitted by the sun and has this effect, and that would be even more remarkable," Sturrock said.
RDTroja:
We are just beginning to scratch the surface of the world of quantum physics. Once we really start to unlock subatomic mysteries we will see an explosion of technology that will dwarf everthing we as a species have discovered to this point.
We ain't seen nothin' yet.
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