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Main Authors: Giacosa, Francesco, Kolbus, Anna, Kyziol, Krzysztof, Plodowska, Magdalena, Piotrowska, Milena, Szary, Karol, Vereijken, Arthur
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04185
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author Giacosa, Francesco
Kolbus, Anna
Kyziol, Krzysztof
Plodowska, Magdalena
Piotrowska, Milena
Szary, Karol
Vereijken, Arthur
author_facet Giacosa, Francesco
Kolbus, Anna
Kyziol, Krzysztof
Plodowska, Magdalena
Piotrowska, Milena
Szary, Karol
Vereijken, Arthur
contents In this work, we experimentally study the fluorescence decay of Acridine Orange at late times, in order to test whether a late-time power-law behaviour emerges, a feature expected to be very small but consistent with quantum mechanical and quantum field theoretical predictions. Using two distinct photon detectors, we find that the data are well described by a sum of two exponential functions with lifetimes $τ_1 = 1.7331 \pm 0.001$ ns and $τ_2 = 5.948 \pm 0.012$ ns, in agreement with values reported in the literature. While no deviation from the exponential decay law is observed, this study serves as a reliable test for the experimental setup and enables a precise determination of the sample lifetimes.
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spellingShingle Two-exponential decay of Acridine Orange
Giacosa, Francesco
Kolbus, Anna
Kyziol, Krzysztof
Plodowska, Magdalena
Piotrowska, Milena
Szary, Karol
Vereijken, Arthur
Quantum Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
In this work, we experimentally study the fluorescence decay of Acridine Orange at late times, in order to test whether a late-time power-law behaviour emerges, a feature expected to be very small but consistent with quantum mechanical and quantum field theoretical predictions. Using two distinct photon detectors, we find that the data are well described by a sum of two exponential functions with lifetimes $τ_1 = 1.7331 \pm 0.001$ ns and $τ_2 = 5.948 \pm 0.012$ ns, in agreement with values reported in the literature. While no deviation from the exponential decay law is observed, this study serves as a reliable test for the experimental setup and enables a precise determination of the sample lifetimes.
title Two-exponential decay of Acridine Orange
topic Quantum Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04185