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← ScienceWhich phenomenon causes altered decay rates when isotopes experience extreme gravitational gradients?
A)Gravitational time dilation mechanism✓
B)Increased quantum entanglement effect
C)Modified vacuum polarization reaction
D)Enhanced nuclear spin precession rates
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Gravitational time dilation alters observed decay rates because gravity affects spacetime, influencing time flow and radioactive decay. Therefore, decay appears slower in stronger gravitational fields, rather than through entanglement or nuclear modifications, because the passage of time itself is altered around the source.
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