Radioactive decay varies depending on the distance from the earth to the sun???
by Vinay Gupta • August 29, 2008 • Science • 1 Comment
http://www.celsias.com/article/energy-crossroads/http://arxivblog.com/?p=596
Implications: I think this might turn out to be the ultraviolet catastrophe of our era. It’s something which is entirely convenient to study in the lab so it should be highly replicable, and it’s weirder than all hell.
Here’s hoping that it’s not some dopey measurement error due to something else which varies annually.
The Milky Way is probably enveloped in a cloud of dark matter as is hypothesized for every galaxy. If it does not rotate then the change in seasons will see the earth moving faster into the cloud for one half of the year and slower for the second half, as the solar system is orbiting the Milky Way center. My guess is that the density of dark matter (or a field it carries) affects nuclear forces. The test will be easy; see if half lives are short where dark matter is denser i.e. at the galaxy core. I’ll go.