Weak Interactions and Eötvös Experiments
- 5 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 37 (1) , 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.37.1
Abstract
We use a current-current model for weak interactions to show that the weak-interaction contribution to the ground state energies of typical nuclei is about a part in of their rest masses. By comparing this contribution with the results of the recent versions of the Eötvös experiments, we conclude that weak-interaction energies obey the principle of equivalence to better than a part in 100, thus refuting claims that those experiments did not test weak-interaction effects.
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