Astrophysical Determination of the Coupling Constant for the Electron-Neutrino Weak Interaction

9 March 1970

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

Vol. 24 (10) , 538-541
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.24.538

Abstract

The existence of the

(\bar{e} ν_{e}) ({\bar{ν}}_{e} e)

weak interaction is confirmed by the results of nine astrophysical tests. The value of the coupling constant is equal to, or close to, the coupling constant of beta decay, namely

g^{2} = 10^{0 + 2} {g_{β}}^{2}

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