The theory of beta-decay [electronic resource] / by C. Strachan.
The Theory of Beta-Decay covers the formulas, theories, probabilities, and spectra of beta-decay. This book is divided into 2 parts compassing 12 chapters, and starts with the introduction to the neutrino and the quantum theoretical background, explaining the basic phenomenon of beta-decay and the e...
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
[1969]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.] |
| Series: | Commonwealth and international library. Selected readings in physics.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; The Theory of Beta-Decay; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PART 1; CHAPTER I. Quantum Theoretical Background; 1.1. Introduction. The Neutrino; 1.2. Theoretical Background; 1.3. Dirac's Equation. Particles and Antipartides; 1.4. Formulation of Dirac's Equation; CHAPTER II. The Interaction Hamiltonian. Beta-ray Spectra and Decay Probabilities; 2.1. The Interaction; 2.2. The Transition Probability; 2.3. Parity; 2.4. Transition Probability (cont.); 2.5. Allowed Transitions; 2.6. Selection Rules, Energy Spectrum, Angular Correlations; 2.7. Classification of Transitions.
- 2.8. Forbidden Transitions and the Effect of the Coulomb FieldCHAPTER III. Further Developments; 3.1. Non-conservation of Parity; 3.2. Helicity and the Two-component Theory of the Neutrino; 3.3. Possible Invariance under Time-reversal and Charge; 3.4. Leptonic Number or Leptonic Charge
- 3.5. Muon Decay and the Conserved Vector Current Theory; 3.6. Weak Magnetism
- 3.7. Current-current Formulation. Universal Weak Interaction. Cabibbo Theory; REFERENCES; PART 2; PAPER 1. Tentative Theory of Beta-radiation; Abstract; 1. Basic Assumptions of the Theory.
- 2. The Operators Occurring in the Theory3. Formulation of the Hamiltonian; 4. Perturbation Matrix; 5. Theory of ß-decay; 6. Factors which Determine the Transition Probability; 7. The Mass of the Neutrino; 8. Lifetime and Form of the Distribution Curve for ""Allowed"" Transitions; 9. The Forbidden Transitions; 10. Comparison with Experiment; PAPER 2. Detection of the Free Neutrino: a Confirmation; Design of the Experiment; Experimental Results; PAPER 3. Selection Rules for the Beta-disintegration; Summary; PAPER 4. Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions!*; Summary.
- PAPER 8. Theory of the Fermi InteractionSummary; Acknowledgements; PAPER 9. Test of the Nature of the Vector Interaction in Beta-decay; Summar; I. The Problem of the Vector Interaction; II. Analogy with Electromagnetism; III. Effect of Weak Magnetism on ß Spectra; Acknowledgements; Index.