The GSI oscillation mystery

Abstract

In this talk, a short discussion of the GSI anomaly is given. We discuss the physics involved using a comparison with pion decay, and explain why the observed oscillations cannot be caused by standard neutrino mixing.

3 pages, 1 figure; part of the proceedings of the "International School of Nuclear Physics, 31st Course, 'Neutrinos in Cosmology, in Astro-, Particle- and Nuclear Physics' " in Erice, Italy, 16 - 24 September 2009

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• Search for Oscillation of the Electron-Capture Decay Probability of ${}^{142}$Pm
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• Hyperfine Level Splitting for Hydrogen-Like Ions due to Rotation-Spin Coupling

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