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In order to clarify the validity of the theory of nuclearβ-transition a new formulation is given. The nuclear properties are contained in form factors, arising from a decomposition of the matrix element of the V-A operator for nuclear states. The connection of these form factors with nuclear physics matrix elements is tabulated. The total transition amplitude can be written as an integral over these form factors folded with off-shell amplitudes for elastic and inelastic electron scattering on nuclei.
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Stech, B., Schülke, L. Nuclear β-decay. I. Z. Physik 179, 314–330 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01381649
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01381649