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Results of a search for daily and annual variations of the 214Po half-life at the two year observation period

Authors :
S. S. Ratkevich
V. V. Kuzminov
E.N. Alexeyev
A. M. Gangapshev
S. I. Panasenko
V. V. Kazalov
Yu. M. Gavrilyuk
Source :
Physics of Particles and Nuclei. 47:986-994
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Pleiades Publishing Ltd, 2016.

Abstract

The brief description of installation TAU-2 intended for long-term monitoring of the half-life value $\tau$ ($\tau_{1/2}$) of the $^{214}$Po is presented. The methods of measurement and processing of collected data are reported. The results of analysis of time series values $\tau$ with different time step are presented. Total of measurement time was equal to 590 days. Averaged value of the $^{214}$Po half-life was obtained $\tau=163.46\pm0.04$ $\mu$s. The annual variation with an amplitude $A=(8.9\pm2.3)\cdot10^{-4}$, solar-daily variation with an amplitude $A_{So}=(7.5\pm1.2)\cdot10^{-4}$, lunar-daily variation with an amplitude $A_L=(6.9\pm2.0)\cdot10^{-4}$ and sidereal-daily variation with an amplitude $A_S=(7.2\pm1.2)\cdot10^{-4}$ were found in a series of $\tau$ values. The maximal values of amplitude are observed at the moments when the projections of the installation Earth location velocity vectors toward the source of possible variation achieve its maximal magnitudes.<br />Comment: Talk at The International Workshop on Prospects of Particle Physics: "Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics" February 1 - Ferbuary 8, 2015, Valday,Russia, 7 pages, 12 figure (to be published in PEPAN)

Details

ISSN :
15318559 and 10637796
Volume :
47
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physics of Particles and Nuclei
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3b0a1938fce9e8a168f42abbaeabe8a6