On the time–modulation of the K–shell electron capture decay of H-like 140Pr ions produced by neutrino–flavour mixing
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According to recent experimental data at GSI, the rate of the number of daughter ions Ce, produced by the nuclear K–shell electron capture (EC) decay of the H–like ion Pr, is modulated in time with a period Td = 7.06(8) sec and an amplitude aEC = 0.18(3). We show that this phenomenon can be explained by neutrino– flavour mixing and derive a value for the quadratic mass difference ∆m21 = m 2 2 − m 2 1 = 2.22(3) × 10 −4 eV. PACS: 12.15.Ff, 13.15.+g, 23.40.Bw, 26.65.+t
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On the time–modulation of the K–shell electron capture decay of H-like 140Pr ions produced by neutrino mass differences
According to recent experimental data at GSI, the rate of the number of daughter ions Ce, produced by the nuclear K–shell electron capture (EC) decay of the H–like ion Pr, is modulated in time with a period TEC = 7.06(8) sec and an amplitude aEC = 0.18(3). We show that this phenomenon can be explained by neutrino mass differences and derive a value for the difference of squared masses ∆m21 = m ...
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