Search for a Light Scalar Boson Emitted in Nuclear Decay
- 23 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 52 (4) , 240-243
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.52.240
Abstract
The possibility that a scalar boson is sometimes emitted in the decay of (20.1 MeV, ) is examined experimentally. Finding no positive evidence the authors exclude scalars with Higgs-like couplings for MeV/, where the precise range depends upon the model.
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