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Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1299–1302 (1999)

Positron-Neutrino Correlation in the 0+→0+ Decay of 32Ar

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E. G. Adelberger1, C. Ortiz2, A. García2, H. E. Swanson1, M. Beck1, O. Tengblad3, M. J. G. Borge3, I. Martel4, H. Bichsel1, and the ISOLDE Collaboration4
1Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560
2Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
3Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
4EP Division, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland CH-1211

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Received 24 February 1999; published in the issue dated 16 August 1999

The positron-neutrino correlation in the 0+→0+ β decay of 32Ar was measured at ISOLDE by analyzing the effect of lepton recoil on the shape of the narrow proton group following the superallowed decay. Our result is consistent with the standard model prediction. For vanishing Fierz interference we find a = 0.9989±0.0052±0.0039, which yields improved constraints on scalar weak interactions.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1299
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1299
PACS:
23.20.En, 13.30.Ce, 23.40.Bw, 24.80.+y

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Erratum: E. G. Adelberger, C. Ortiz, A. García, H. E. Swanson, M. Beck, O. Tengblad, M. J. Borge, I. Martel, H. Bichsel, and the ISOLDE Collaboration, Positron-Neutrino Correlation in the 0+→0+ Decay of 32Ar [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1299 (1999)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3101 (1999).