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A neutrino's wobble?

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Periodic oscillations have been observed in what should be straightforward exponential decay curves of two radioactive isotopes. An entirely mysterious phenomenon, its proposed cause seems equally exotic.

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Figure 1: Oscillating decay.

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  1. Philip M. Walker is in the Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. p.walker@surrey.ac.uk,

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Walker, P. A neutrino's wobble?. Nature 453, 864–865 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453864a

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