Spin-Zero Intermediate Boson for Weak Interactions

15 March 1972

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 5 (6) , 1389-1397
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.5.1389

Abstract

It is shown that a spin-0 boson which is described by the Kemmer-Duffin formalism can mediate weak interactions. In the low-momentum-transfer limit results are obtained which are equivalent to the ordinary Fermi interaction. Properties of this meson are discussed and the rates for some of its decay modes are calculated. These rates are, in general, much lower than the rates predicted by the usual spin-1 intermediate-meson model. Production amplitudes are also presented.

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