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Weak Interaction Studies by Precision Experiments in Nuclear Beta Decay

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The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. I

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The framework and formalism related to the study of symmetries and the structure of the weak interaction in nuclear β-decay are presented and discussed. This is illustrated with a number of selected experiments in nuclear β-decay addressing the unitarity of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, the search for right-handed (V+A), scalar and tensor components in the weak interaction and the search for non-Standard Model sources of time reversal violation. Finally, an outlook is given on important progress in this field that can be expected for the near future.

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Severijns, N. Weak Interaction Studies by Precision Experiments in Nuclear Beta Decay. In: Al-Khalili, J., Roeckl, E. (eds) The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. I. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 651. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44490-9_10

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