Is there large weak mixing in heavy nuclei?

J. J. Szymanski, J. D. Bowman, M. Leuschner, B. A. Brown, and I. C. Girit
Phys. Rev. C 49, 3297 – Published 1 June 1994
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Abstract

Recent results in parity non-conserving neutron-nucleus scattering show a tendency for the parity non-conserving effects to predominantly have the same sign. Explanations of this phenomenon all require a weak matrix element between single-particle levels in heavy nuclei to be ∼100 eV. This paper contains a discussion of this effect and how the same phenomenon will manifest itself in other systems. The gamma decay of Pb207 is given as an example of a system where the weak matrix element between single-particle levels in a heavy nucleus can be measured directly.

  • Received 28 January 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.49.3297

©1994 American Physical Society

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J. J. Szymanski, J. D. Bowman, M. Leuschner, B. A. Brown, and I. C. Girit

  • Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
  • Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
  • Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

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Vol. 49, Iss. 6 — June 1994

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