The Weak Nuclear Force: Quantum Chameleon

Multimedia · 23 March 2017

OSTI ID:1349871

Lincoln, Don ^[1]

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1. USDOE

Radioactive decay is the transmutation of one subatomic particle into another. In most instances, what happens is that existing particles move to new configurations. However in radioactive decays using the weak force, a particular kind of particle disappears and is replaced by a completely different particle. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln talks about how it all works and even describes a type of decay that has never been observed and, if it were observed, it would require the textbooks be rewritten.

• Research Organization: FNAL (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States))
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1349871
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSON
ELECTROMAGNETISM
FLAVOR CHANGING NEUTRAL CURRENT
PARTICLES
PHOTON
QUANTUM FORCES
STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE
TOP QUARK
WEAK NUCLEAR FORCE