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View SchemaPossible solution to basic problems regarding the coupling constants $G_V$ and $G_A$
| Authors | V. P. Gudkov, K. Kubodera |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9706074 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9706074 |
Abstract
The existing experimental evidence on the vector and axial-vector coupling constants, $G_V$ and $G_A$, for neutron $\beta$-decay exhibits two prominent problems: (i) the unitarity for the first row of the CKM matrix seems violated; (ii) one obtains different values of $G_A/G_V$ according to whether one uses as input the neutron lifetime or neutron-decay correlation observables. We show that the in-medium modification of $G_A$ can influence both the inner and outer radiative corrections used in deducing $G_V$ from the super-allowed Fermi transitions and that this effect may resolve the long-standing problems (i) and (ii) simultaneously.
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"abstract": "The existing experimental evidence on the vector and axial-vector coupling\nconstants, $G_V$ and $G_A$, for neutron $\\beta$-decay exhibits two prominent\nproblems: (i) the unitarity for the first row of the CKM matrix seems violated;\n(ii) one obtains different values of $G_A/G_V$ according to whether one uses as\ninput the neutron lifetime or neutron-decay correlation observables. We show\nthat the in-medium modification of $G_A$ can influence both the inner and outer\nradiative corrections used in deducing $G_V$ from the super-allowed Fermi\ntransitions and that this effect may resolve the long-standing problems (i) and\n(ii) simultaneously.",
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