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Β-γ angular correlation in50Fe and parity conservation in strong interactions

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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Nuclear Β-decay leaves the residual nucleus partially polarized in the direction of emission of the Β-particle. If parity conservation in nuclear states is violated, an asymmetry about 90‡ of a Β-γ directional correlation can be present (existence of a σnucleus p γα cos σ term). The asymmetry has been looked for in a Β-γ cascade of59Fe and was found to be zero within one standard deviation of 0.3%. The bearing of this result on an upper limit forF is discussed (F is the relative amplitude of the irregular wave function with respect to the regular one). As a by-product we obtained (63.1 ±0.8) days for the life-time of59Fe.

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II decadimento Β polarizza parzialmente il nucleo nella direzione di emissions dell’elettrone. Se si lia violazione della coiiservazione di parità negli stati nucleari, nella correlazione angolare Β-γ puÒ essere presente una asimmetria intorno a 90‡ (puÒ esistere cioeun termine σnucleus p γ proporzionale a cos 0). è stato esegnito un esperimento con lo scopo di cercare una tale asimmetria nel decadimento Β-v del59Fe. I risultati hanno mostrato, entro un errore standard del 0.3% che l’asimmetria è zero. Sulla hase di tali risultati è stato possibile discutere un limite superiore perF e fissarne il valore (F è l’ampiezza relativa della funzione d’onda irregolare rispetto a quella regolare). L’esperienza ha anche consentito di ricavare la vita media del59Fe (Τ = (63.1 ±0.8) giorni).

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Fuschevi, E., Giacomelli, G., Makom, C. et al. Β-γ angular correlation in50Fe and parity conservation in strong interactions. Nuovo Cim 16, 886–894 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02771707

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