Published March 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

What does the nuclear chronometry say on real age of stars and earth?

  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Research, Kyiv (Ukraine)

Description

We consider the factors which essentially influence the results of measurements of the effective duration of decomposition of a large massif of matter containing long-living radioactive chronometric nuclei that still have not been taken into consideration. For the first time, the contribution of alpha-particles' knocking out into the reduction of the half-life period of chronometric nuclei at the Earth's surface is considered for specific models of interaction between cosmic protons and chronometric nuclei. The results obtained give an evidence for that the Earth's age may be less by several orders of magnitude as compared with the previous estimations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Ukrayins'kij Fyizichnij Zhurnal (Kiev)
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
no.3
Journal Page Range
p. 218-224
ISSN
0372-400X

INIS

Country of Publication
Ukraine
Country of Input or Organization
Ukraine
INIS RN
35043325
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AGE ESTIMATION; ASTROPHYSICS; EARTH PLANET; HALF-LIFE; ISOTOPE DATING; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR MATTER; RADIOISOTOPES; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
AGE ESTIMATION; DATA; DECAY; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MATTER; NUMERICAL DATA; PHYSICS; PLANETS