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The Delta I=1/2 rule in non-mesonic weak decay of Lambda-hypernuclei

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-06 v3

Abstract

By employing recent data on non-mesonic decay of s-shell Lambda-hypernuclei we study, within the phenomenological model of Block and Dalitz, the validity of the Delta I=1/2 rule in the Lambda N--> NN process. Due to the low experimental precision, a possible violation of this rule can be neither proved nor excluded at present with sufficient accuracy: a pure Delta I=1/2 transition amplitude is excluded at 40% confidence level.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0001012,
  title  = {The Delta I=1/2 rule in non-mesonic weak decay of Lambda-hypernuclei},
  author = {W. M. Alberico and G. Garbarino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0001012},
  year   = {2009}
}