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The decay in question is from xenon-124, so they're probably using a natural isotope mix which will also contain those quasi-stable ones.
by the8472 8y ago
The decay in question is from xenon-124, so they're probably using a natural isotope mix which will also contain those quasi-stable ones.
- gus_massa 8y agoWikipedia says that the natural abundance of Xenon-124 is 0.095% = 1/1000. Adding that correction I get a few decays per day that is more similar to the data reported in other commit that is 126 events in 177 days. Edit: I think I'm missing a ln_e(2) in the calculation, but it's only a 30% more or 30% less. It's not a huge change in the result.
- tibyat 8y agoarticle says “1,300 kilograms (2,866 pounds) of xenon isotope” not sure if that was intentional..
- gus_massa 8y agoThe other article didn't have the exact number, so I used the number of Wikipedia that says something like 3.6 tons in total and 2tons inside the measurement part (or something like that).