Perihelion... Artwork

Perihelion... In November 2016 a team of physicists, lead by Peter Sturrock at Stanford University found a significant correlation between changes in solar activity and radioactive decay rates on Earth. The controversial findings suggest that radioactive decay rates — long considered physical constants — may actually be variable. It transpires that the rate of decay of radioactive material on Earth is affected by neutrinos emitted from the core of the Sun. The impact of which is most pronounced in December, when the Earth is at Perihelion. This is an important area of research for those who question the constancy of physical constants. Sturrock and his team suggest that the neutrinos interact with the W-boson that is believed to mediate beta decay. However, given the fact that neutrinos barely interact with normal matter, the findings present a problem for proponents of our current model of exponential decay. The perihelion (/ˌpɛrɪˈhiːliən/) of any orbit of a celestial body about the Sun is the point where the body comes closest to the Sun. P.A. Sturrock, E. Fischbach, J.D. ScargleComparative analyses of Brookhaven national laboratory nuclear decay measurements and super-kamiokande solar neutrino measurements: neutrinos and neutrino-induced beta-decays as probes of the deep solar interior. Solar Phys., 291 (2016), pp. 3467-3484 P.A. Sturrock, G. Steinitz, E. Fischbach, Analysis of radon-chain decay measurements: evidence of solar influences and inferences concerning solar internal structure and the role of neutrinos, 2017. arXiv:1705.03010.

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