The influence of the magnetic field on the H-like mother ions

doi:10.1088/0954-3899/37/1/015102

The influence of the magnetic field of the GSI experimental storage ring on the time-modulation of the EC-decay rates of the H-like mother ions

M Faber et al 2010 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 37 015102 (6pp) doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/37/1/015102

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M Faber¹, A N Ivanov¹, P Kienle^2,3, M Pitschmann¹ and N I Troitskaya^1,4
¹ Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10, A-1040 Wien, Austria
² Stefan Meyer Institut für subatomare Physik Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Boltzmanngasse 3, A-1090, Wien, Austria
³ Excellence Cluster Universe Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
⁴ State Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg, Polytechnicheskaya 29, 195251, Russia
E-mail: faber@kph.tuwien.ac.at and ivanov@kph.tuwien.ac.at

Abstract. We investigate the influence of the magnetic field of the experimental storage ring (ESR) at GSI on the periodic time dependence of the orbital K-shell electron capture decay (EC) rates of the H-like heavy ions. We approximate the magnetic field of the ESR by a homogeneous magnetic field. Unlike the assertion by Lambiase et al (2008; arXiv:0811.2302 [nucl-th]), we show that the motion of a H-like heavy ion in a homogeneous magnetic field cannot be the origin of the periodic time dependence of the EC-decay rates of the H-like heavy ions.

Print publication: Issue 1 (January 2010)
Received 22 June 2009
Published 23 November 2009

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