The Oklo Constraints on Alpha-Decay Half-Lives
Nuclear Theory
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
The Oklo data constrain the depth of the nuclear potential well to a small margin of error, determined by various unknowns, such as the reactor temperature. However, we show that even these small variations could allow the U-238 half-life to vary by more than one order of magnitude.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0307007,
title = {The Oklo Constraints on Alpha-Decay Half-Lives},
author = {E. Chaffin and J. Molgaard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0307007},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures; corrected typos