Sensitivity of β-γ circular polarization measurements to a possible right-handed current presence in the weak interaction

T. A. Girard
Phys. Rev. C 32, 2192 – Published 1 December 1985
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Abstract

The description of β-γ (circular polarization) correlations in the allowed decay of unoriented nuclei is extended to include possible right-handed currents within a partity symmetric model of weak interactions assuming manifest symmetry and essentially massless Dirac neutrinos. The result is of sensitivity generally equal to that of β polarization and asymmetry determinations. Present experiments are, however, insufficiently precise to permit the extraction of new information on their existence.

  • Received 29 July 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.32.2192

©1985 American Physical Society

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T. A. Girard

  • Institut de Physique, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

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Vol. 32, Iss. 6 — December 1985

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