Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2009-07-03
Phys. Lett. A 373 (2009) 3795
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
4 pages; submitted to Phys. Lett. A
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physleta.2009.08.045
Subjecting a solution of 228Th to ultrasound (20 kHz, 100W), Cardone et al. [Phys. Lett. A 373 (2009) 1956] claim to observe an increase in the transformation or decay rate of 228Th by a factor of 104. The evidence provided seems however far from conclusive and in part contradictory to the claims made. In fact, looking at the presented data we find it cannot be taken as justification to discard the null hypothesis, namely, that the data from exposed and non exposed samples are drawn from the same distribution. We suggest a number of additional tests that should be made in order to improve the quality of the study and test the hypothesis of so-called piezonuclear reactions.
Ericsson G.
Pomp Stephan
Sjöstrand Henrik
Traneus E.
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