GSI anomaly

In 2007 an experiment at GSI Darmstadt reported observing decay oscillations in the electron capture rates of highly ionized heavy atoms.^[1] Attempts have been made to relate the results to neutrino oscillations, but so far, this proposal is highly controversial.^[2]

References

↑ Litvinov, Yu.; et al. (2007). "Measurement of the β+ and Orbital Electron-Capture Decay Rates in Fully Ionized, Hydrogenlike, and Heliumlike Pr140 Ions". Physical Review Letters. 99 (26): 262501. arXiv:0711.3709. Bibcode:2007PhRvL..99z2501L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.262501. PMID 18233571.
↑ Kienert, H.; et al. (2008). "The GSI anomaly". Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 136 (2): 022049. arXiv:0808.2389. Bibcode:2008JPhCS.136b2049K. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/136/2/022049.

Walker, Philip M. (2008). "Nuclear physics: A neutrino's wobble?". Nature. 453 (7197): 864–5. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..864W. doi:10.1038/453864a. PMID 18548060.
"The Net Advance of Physics: VARIABILITY OF NUCLEAR DECAY RATES". maintains a collection of research papers on the GSI K-Capture Anomaly

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