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Selection rules in weak interaction

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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An attempt is made to account for the selection rules in weak interaction processes; it is assumed that the currents of all possible strangenesses are present and are represented by four-component spinors. The coupling between the currents to give rise to interaction is made by projecting out the singly charged components and it is found that the strangeness selection rules work satisfactorily, at least in the lowest order. Further, assigning the lowest possible isospin to the currents, the isospin selection rules are also satisfactory; in particular, the |ΔI | = 3/2 transition seems to be quantitatively accounted for.

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Si tenta di rendere conto delle regole di selezione nei processi di interazione debole; si suppone che le correnti di tutte le possibili stranezze sono presenti e sono rappresentate da spinori a quattro componenti. L’accoppiamento fra le correnti che deve dare origine all’interazione viene effettuato proiettando le componenti con carica singola e si trova che le regole di selezione della stranezza funzionano in modo soddisfacente quanto meno nell’ordine più basso. Inoltre, assegnando il minimo isospin possibile alle correnti, anche le regole di selezione dell’isospin sono soddisfacenti; in particolare, sembra che la regola | ΔI | = 3/2 sia quantitativamente giustiflcata.

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Biswas, N.N. Selection rules in weak interaction. Nuovo Cim 37, 455–462 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02749848

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