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Two-stage model of Fermi interactions

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

Summary

The model of Fermi interactions which involves an intermediate charged boson of spin one is formulated and found to be capable of reproducing all the results of the direct interaction theory withA andV coupling provided the mass of the intermediate particle is sufficiently large. The only apparent difficulty for the model is the predicted radiative decay of the muon.

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Si da una formula per il modello delle interazioni di Fermi che coinvolge un bosone carico intermedio di spin uno e la si trova capace di riprodurre tutti i risultati della teoria dell’interazione diretta con accoppiamentoA eV purchè la massa della particella intermedia sia sufficientemente grande. La sola difficoltà apparente presentata dal modello è il decadimento radiativo del muone.

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  1. N. Byers

    Present address: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Physics, University of Birmingham, England

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Byers, N., Peierls, R.E. Two-stage model of Fermi interactions. Nuovo Cim 10, 520–524 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859835

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