宇宙核钟

Cosmic Nuclear Clock

以很长半衰期 ( 4 2× 1 0 9a)的 β-衰变的 187Re- 187Os核对作为大尺度的宇宙核钟来量度宇宙的年纪 ,是近代天文学与核物理学相结合的又一典范 .这种宇宙时钟是利用裸核 187Re与它的衰变子体 187Os同位素在共生矿中天然含量的比值来测定时间的 .利用 187Re裸核的半衰期通过核物理计算可对中性

To the great scale of the universe age, 187 Re- 187 Os isotopic pair, which have very long half life, was used as a cosmic nuclear clock of cosmochronometr. It is a typical relationship between modern astronomy and nuclear physics. The neutral isotope abundance ratio of 187 Re over daughter nucleus 187 Os in common growth mineral can be used as the clock to measure the time. After the 75 electrons in all shells of 187 Re were stripped, the bare nucleus, 187 Re, 75t from bound state decays to the first excited state of 187 Os by a billion times faster than neutral one, with half life of 33 years which was measured precisely in recent years. By using the half life data of the bare 187 Re, the half life of neutral one can be revised by nuclear physics.