Fermi and the Theory of Weak Interactions
History and Philosophy of Physics
2014-03-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
The history of weak interactions starting with Fermi's creation of the beta decay theory and culminating in its modern avatar in the form of the electroweak gauge theory is described. Discoveries of parity violation, matter-antimatter asymmetry, W and Z bosons and neutrino mass are highlighted.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1403.3309,
title = {Fermi and the Theory of Weak Interactions},
author = {G. Rajasekaran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3309},
year = {2014}
}