Helicity and nuclear $\beta$ decay correlations
Physics Education
2017-01-04 v2 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
We present simple derivations of nuclear -decay correlations with an emphasis on the special role of helicity. This provides a good opportunity to teach students about helicity and chirality in particle physics through exercises using simple aspects of quantum mechanics. In addition, this paper serves as an introduction to nuclear -decay correlations from both a theoretical and experimental vantage. This article can be used to introduce students to ongoing experiments searching for hints of new physics in the low-energy precision frontier.
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@article{arxiv.1604.07913,
title = {Helicity and nuclear $\beta$ decay correlations},
author = {Ran Hong and Matthew G. Sternberg and Alejandro García},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.07913},
year = {2017}
}