On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:07 AM, John Berry <berry.joh...@gmail.com> wrote:
It still seems to happen, but yeah you're right, way less energetic. > > But still an explosion: https://youtu.be/vRKK6pliejs?t=43 > You're right. I didn't let it play long enough. But yes, much less energetic. A possible test of the explanation: when recording with a high speed camera, if there's a glow that looks like Cherenkov radiation that is as strong in the case of lithium as in the others, then this is further evidence against the beta decay explanation. Eric