Published March 1987
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Journal article
Consequences of a hypothetical light vector boson in nuclear decays
Creators
- 1. California Institute of Technology, Kellogg Radiation Lab., Pasadena, CA 91125
Description
The authors shown that a light neutral vector boson in the mass range 1-2 MeV with coupling to three photons would strongly mix with virtual photons in the presence of strong electric fields. Bounds on the strength of the vector boson-three photon interaction can be derived from the measure pair-conversion coefficients for excited states in heavy nuclei. A measurement of the 3γ decay rate of suitable nuclear excited states is suggested
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Mod. Phys. Lett. A
- Journal Volume
- 2
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Mod. Phys. Lett. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 159-162
- ISSN
- 0217-7323
- CODEN
- MPLAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19026135
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING CONSTANTS; DECAY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITED STATES; FISSION; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; LIMITING VALUES; MASS; NUCLEI; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PHOTON-MESON INTERACTIONS; PHOTONS; VIRTUAL PARTICLES
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY LEVELS; INTERACTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHOTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS