Octet Enhancement

Abstract

A simple universal current-current theory of weak interactions now accounts fairly well for all weak phenomena except the nonleptonic │ΔI│ = 1/2 rule, which presumably should be generalized to a unitary octet rule, covering not only the familiar │ΔY│ = 1 nonleptonic interactions but also the │ΔY│ =0 nonleptonic interactions (for which experimental evidence in heavy nuclei has been presented by Boehm and Kankeleit).

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