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Universal fermi interaction and the neutrino flip

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A form of the universal Fermi interaction has been proposed, which allows for the « neutrino flip » and at the same time leads to damped leptonic hyperon decays: rates for leptonic A and Σ- decays are diminished compared to the Feynman-Gell-Mann theory by factors 1/5 and 2/5 respectively. This form is not inconsistent with the present experimental status of the socalled « unwanted » leptonic weak processes. This interaction has the following formal properties, which have been used to derive it: i) It displays the correspondence between baryons and leptons expressed by v\(\nu \rightleftarrows \mathcal{N}, e^ - \rightleftarrows Z,\nu ^\prime \rightleftarrows Y, \mu ^ - \rightleftarrows \Xi \) where N, Z, Y, ξ are the usual baryon doublets and v and v’ are two different neutrinos. Then one can define a formal three-dimensional euclidean space called « weak isospace » and a formal four-dimensional space denoted by ω, if one requires the four-component fields\(B = \left( \begin{gathered} \mathcal{N} \hfill \\ \mathcal{Z} \hfill \\ Y \hfill \\ \Xi \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right)and\left( \begin{gathered} \nu \hfill \\ e^ - \hfill \\ \nu ^\prime \hfill \\ \mu ^ - \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right)\) to be Dirac-like spinors in these spaces. The weak isospace is, of course, an euclidean subspace of Ω. ii) This interaction is invariant under reflections in the Ω space, iii) It is invariant also under rotations in the threedimensional weak isospace. There are some analogies between properties of the proposed interaction in the weak isospace and the electromagnetic Pauli interaction in the ordinary space.

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È stata proposta una forma dell’interazione universale di Fermi che permette il « flip » del neutrino e nello stesso tempo porta a decadimenti iperonici smorzati : in confronto con la teoria di Feynman-Grell-Mann, i rapporti per i decadimenti leptonici A ed Σ sono ridotti per un fattore 1/5 e 2/5 rispettivamente. Questa formula non è incongruente con Fattuale stato sperimentale dei prooessi leptonici deboli cosiddetti « indesiderabili ». Questa interazione ha le seguenti proprietà formali, che sono state usate per dedurle: i) essa mette ’in rilievo la corrispondenza fra barioni e leptoni espressa da\(\nu \rightleftarrows \mathcal{N}, e^ - \rightleftarrows Z,\nu ^\prime \rightleftarrows Y, \mu ^ - \rightleftarrows \Xi \) dove N, Z, Y, ξ sono i soliti doppietti barionici ev e v’ sono due diversi neutrini. Allora si può definire uno spazio euclideo formale tridimensionale detto « isospazio debole » e uno spazio formale quadridimensionale indicato con Ω, se si richiede che i campi a quattro componenti\(B = \left( \begin{gathered} \mathcal{N} \hfill \\ \mathcal{Z} \hfill \\ Y \hfill \\ \Xi \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right)and\left( \begin{gathered} \nu \hfill \\ e^ - \hfill \\ \nu ^\prime \hfill \\ \mu ^ - \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right)\) in questi spazi siano spinori simili a quelli di Dirac. L’isospazio debole è, naturalmente, un sottospazio euclideo di Ω. ii) Questa interazione è invariante per riflessione nello spazio Ω. iii) È anche invariante per rotazioni nello spazio debole tridimensionale. Ci sono alcune analogie fra le proprietà delia interazione proposta nello spazio debole e l’interazione elettromagnetica di Pauli nello spazio ordinario.

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On leave from Institute for Nuclear Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw and Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw.

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Królikowski, W. Universal fermi interaction and the neutrino flip. Nuovo Cim 24, 52–72 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02785759

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