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| Title | History of Weak Interactions | |
| Author(s) | Lee, T. D. | |
| Publication Date | July 1970 | |
| Report Number | NYO--1932(2)-186 | |
| Unique Identifier | ACC0453 | |
| Other Numbers | OSTI ID: 4076374 | |
| Research Org | Columbia University, New York | |
| Contract No | AT(30-1)-1932 | |
| Sponsoring Org | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) | |
| Subject | N34230 -- Physics (High Energy) -- Particle Interactions & Properties (Theoretical) --Weak; Elementary Particles; Weak Interactions | |
| Keywords | Elementary Particles/weak interactions of, historical review of, (E/T) | |
| Related Web Pages | Tsung-Dao Lee, Weak Interactions, and Nonconservation of Parity | |
| Abstract | While the phenomenon of beta-decay was discovered near the end of the last century, the notion that the weak interaction forms a separate field of physical forces evolved rather gradually. This became clear only after the experimental discoveries of other weak reactions such as muon-decay, muon-capture, etc., and the theoretical observation that all these reactions can be described by approximately the same coupling constant, thus giving rise to the notion of a universal weak interaction. Only then did one slowly recognize that the weak interaction force forms an independent field, perhaps on the same footing as the gravitational force, the electromagnetic force, and the strong nuclear and sub-nuclear forces. | |
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