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| Title | Law of Conservation of Muons | |
| Author(s) | Feinberg, G.; Weinberg, S. | |
| Publication Date | February 1961 | |
| Report Number | TID-14982 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0126 | |
| Other Numbers | AFOSR-1948; OSTI ID: 4030545 | |
| Research Org | Columbia Univ., New York; University of California, Berkeley | |
| Sponsoring Org | US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) | |
| Subject | Physics; Antimesons; Antineutrinos; Antineutrons; Bosons; Conservation Laws; Decay; Electric Charges; Electrons; Interactions; Intermediate Boson; Muons; Muons-plus; Neutrinos; Parity; Positrons; Quantum Mechanics; Selection Rules; Transients | |
| Keywords | Particle Physics | |
| Related Web Pages | Steven Weinberg and Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions | |
| Abstract | A multiplicative selection rule for mu meson-electron transitions is proposed. A "muon parity" = -1 is considered for the muon and its neutrino, while the "muon parity" for all other particles is +1. The selection rule then states that (-1) exp(no. of initial (-1) parity particles) = (-1) exp(no. of final (-1) parity particles). Several reactions that are forbidden by an additive law but allowed by the multiplicative law are suggested; these reactions include mu{sup +} .> e{sup +} + nu{sub mu} + {ovr nu}{sub e}, e{sup -} + e{sup -} .> mu{sup -} + mu{sup -}, and muonium .> antimuonium (mu{sup +} + e{sup -} .> mu{sup -} + e{sup +}). An intermediate-boson hypothesis is suggested. (T.F.H.) | |
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