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RE: The neutron darkness in a bottle (and a beam)
It's difficult to recognize you with the new avatar...
Anyway, I remember the little hype in 2014 about the "solar influence on the decay rate"
Jenkins et al. interpret the fluctuations as evidence of solar influence on the decay rates of beta-decaying radionuclides.
Was there any progress in explanation of this phenomenon since then?
I was not aware of the paper by Jenkins et al. I quickly read it and it seems pretty clear that there is no connection between this and the neutron lifetime.
I have double checked and it seems that they are evidence against the solar influence on the decay rates. See here for instance. It thus looks like this puzzle is today solved. ^^
It's nice to see that it's closed topic now. The only problem is Google... When you type in the "search" field: radioactive rate constants wrong, the first two hits are from the time of hype :(
As always... the trending page :D