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Parity mixing of 0/sup +/ and 0/sup -/ levels in /sup 18/F

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
The circular polarization of the ..gamma.. rays emitted in the transition from the 1.081-MeV state to the ground state in /sup 18/F has been measured to be (1.6 +- 5.6) x 10/sup -4/, corresponding to a parity-nonconserving (PNC) matrix element Vertical Bar<0/sup +/,I = 1Vertical BarV/sup PNC/Vertical Bar0/sup -/, I = 0>Vertical Bar = 0.03 +- 0.10 eV. The weak pion-nucleon coupling constant deduced from the weighted average of all recent /sup 18/F measurements is (0.28/sub -0.28//sup +0.89/) x 10 /sup -7/. This result, together with PNC matrix elements in other experiments, suggests that the isovector weak NN interaction may be strongly suppressed compared to the isoscalar weak NN interaction.
Research Organization:
Queen's University, KIngston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
OSTI ID:
5298655
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 55:8; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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