This paper presents a new analysis of the observations of radon decay in an enclosed environment by the Geological Survey of Israel (GSI) between 2007 and 2012 [4]; for a more complete list of experiments performed by GSI on radon see also references [1-3]. The data exhibit a large peak around local noon followed by an abrupt drop, and by a second peak around 6PM local time. Additionally, there is also a very low amplitude peak occurring before daybreak. The salient features of the GSI radon decay data can be modeled as arising from a change in the radon decay rate, rather than due to the changes in the local concentration of radon (N0). Such a model may provide a clue to long theorized axionic, dark matter, interactions. Finally, new experimentation is suggested that can distinguish between changes in N0 versus changes in decay rate. Should a follow-up experiment show an effect similar to that seen in GSI, this could have significant implications for elementary particle physics.
@article{arxiv.2212.10365,
title = {Radon Decays and Their Implications for Elementary Particle Physics},
author = {C. Scarlett and E. Fischbach and B. Freeman and J. J. Coy and P. Edwards and R. Burkhart and O. Piatibratova and T. Monsue and A. Egoh and L. Mwibanda and A. Alsayegh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.10365},
year = {2023}
}