LEPTON CONSERVATION AND TIME REVERSAL IN $beta$-DECAY

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1959 · Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B

OSTI ID:4239634

Schopper, H; Muller, H

It's shown that lepton conservation can be checked oniy in single beta - decay experiments. From beta -decay experiments results arp presented which take into account experimental errors without making theoretical assumptions. It is shown that the negative result found in ordinary time reversal experiments allows no conclusion to be established about time reversal invariance as long as maximum breakdown of parity or conservation of lepton charge has not been established. The beta - interaction is mainly A-V, with contributions from S and T smaller than 10%. Parity violation and polarization of neutrinos is oniy a few percent of the maximum possible value obtained for complete violation of lepton charge conservation. Invariance with respect to time reversal holds with an error of about 15%. The experiments on beta -decay prove lepton conservation and a two state theory with an uncertainty of about 15%. (C.J.G.)

• Research Organization: Universitat, Mainz
• NSA Number: NSA-14-002040
• OSTI ID: 4239634
• Journal Information: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento (Italy) Divided into Nuovo Cimento A and Nuovo Cimento B Vol. Vol: (10) 13; ISSN NUCIA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BETA DECAY
ERRORS
LEPTONS
NEUTRINOS
PARITY
PHYSICS
POLARIZATION