Investigation of the fundamental constants stability based on the reactor Oklo burn-up analysis

Details Investigation of the fundamental constants stability based on the reactor Oklo burn-up analysis Investigation of the fundamental constants stability based on the reactor Oklo burn-up analysis

2010-10-29

arxiv.org/abs/1010.6299v1

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

16 pages, 7 figures

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The burn-up for SC56-1472 sample of the natural Oklo reactor zone 3 was calculated using the modern Monte Carlo codes. We reconstructed the neutron spectrum in the core by means of the isotope ratios: $^{147}$Sm/$^{148}$Sm and $^{176}$Lu/$^{175}$Lu. These ratios unambiguously determine the spectrum index and core temperature. The effective neutron absorption cross section of $^{149}$Sm calculated using this spectrum was compared with experimental one. The disagreement between these two values allows to limit a possible shift of the low laying resonance of $^{149}$Sm even more . Then, these limits were converted to the limits for the change of the fine structure constant $\alpha$. We found that for the rate of $\alpha$ change the inequality $|\delta \dot{\alpha}/\alpha| \le 5\cdot 10^{-18}$ is fulfilled, which is of the next higher order than our previous limit.

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