Physics Letters B (Jun 2025)

New tests of quantum mechanics with unstable nuclei

  • Mark G. Raizen

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 865
p. 139480

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We propose and analyze two new tests of quantum mechanics that would probe the time evolution of unstable nuclei. The first is a search for a time-dependent nuclear magnetic moment in radioisotopes over several half-lives. The second is a novel application of the Mössbauer effect to search for a time-dependent nuclear transition frequency in a radioisotope over several half-lives. The complexity of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics (QCD) makes unstable nuclei promising candidates for the observation of deviations from quantum mechanics.

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