Quenching of axial-vector coupling constant in beta-decay and pion-nucleus optical potential

1974
11 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 231 (1974) 493-503
  • Published: 1974

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A very simple description of the quenching in nuclear matter of the axial-vector coupling constant in β-decay is given in terms of the model of Barshay, Brown and Rho constructed to provide a microscopic picture to the pion-nucleus optical potential for π-mesic atoms. The connection between the two quantities suggests a plausible test of the Lorentz-Lorenz non-linear effect in π-nucleus scattering. By comparing with the sum rule estimate made by M. Ericson, we find that the quenching of g A is consistent with an essentially unsuppressed Lorentz-Lorenz term in the optical potential.
  • nucleus: leptonic decay
  • leptonic decay: nucleus
  • coupling constant: axial-vector
  • axial-vector: coupling constant
  • model: optical
  • pi nucleus: interaction
  • interaction: pi nucleus
  • nuclear model
  • pi: atom
  • sum rule