Models of the Nonmesonic Weak Decay
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
I review the current status of understanding the mechanism of the nonmesonic weak decays (NMWD) of hypernuclei. Long standing problem on the Gamma_n/Gamma_p ratio has been solved by considering short-range weak interactions properly. This leaves a few remaining problems, such as the asymmetry of the emitted proton with respect to the Lambda polarization and validity of the Delta I=1/2 in the nonmesonic weak decay.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0403037,
title = {Models of the Nonmesonic Weak Decay},
author = {Makoto Oka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0403037},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Plenary talk at the VIII International Conference on Hypernuclear & Strange Particle Physics, Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia (October 14-18, 2003)