Beta Decay / Betazerfall

Experiments on ?-decay.- A. General measurements.- 1. Identity of ?-particles and electrons.- 2. Maximum energies and half-lives.- 3. Maximum energies and half-lives. Experimental procedure.- B. Neutrino hunting.- 4. Neutrino emission from reactions other than nuclear ?-decay.- 5. Calorimetric mean energy measurements.- 6. Neutrino recoil experiments.- 7. Experiments on direct detection of neutrinos.- 8. Neutrino rest mass.- C. Spectral shapes and ft values.- 9. General discussion of shape measurements.- 10. Allowed transitions.- 11. Forbidden transitions.- 12. Deviations from the Fermi shape.- D. Polarization experiments.- 13. Introductory remarks.- 14. Electron polarization.- 15. The ?-decay of polarized nuclei.- 16. ?-?-polarization directional correlations.- 17. The neutron decay.- 18. The neutrino helicity.- E. Coupling constant determination.- 19. Introduction.- 20. Polarization of ?-particles.- 21. The neutron decay.- 22. Supporting evidence.- 23. Concluding remarks.- F. Electron capture.- 24. K capture.- 25. L/K capture ratios.- 26. Energy determination in electron capture.- G. Related reactions.- 27. Double ?-decay.- 28. Internal bremsstrahlung.- Concluding remarks.- General references.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch-Englisch).- Subject Index (English-German).

List of contents

Experiments on ?-decay.- A. General measurements.- B. Neutrino hunting.- C. Spectral shapes and ft values.- D. Polarization experiments.- E. Coupling constant determination.- F. Electron capture.- G. Related reactions.- Concluding remarks.- General references.- Sachverzeichnis (Deutsch-Englisch).- Subject Index (English-German).

Product details

• Authors: S Flügge, S. Flügge
• Assisted by: S. Flügge (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2013
• EAN: 9783642459832
• ISBN: 978-3-642-45983-2
• No. of pages: 118
• Illustrations: VI, 118 p.
• Series: Handbuch der Physik Encyclopedia of Physics / Kernphysik / Nuclear Physics; Handbuch der Physik Encyclopedia of Physics; Handbuch der Physik Encyclopedia of Physics / Kernphysik / Nuclear Physics; Kernphysik / Nuclear Physics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics