M Faber et al 2010 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 37 015102 doi:10.1088/0954-3899/37/1/015102
M Faber1, A N Ivanov1, P Kienle2,3, M Pitschmann1 and N I Troitskaya1,4
Show affiliationsWe 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.
29.20.db Storage rings and colliders
23.40.Bw Weak-interaction and lepton (including neutrino) aspects
27.60.+j 90(less-than-or-equal-to)A(less-than-or-equal-to)149
Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism
Issue 1 (January 2010)
Received 22 June 2009
Published 23 November 2009
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