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Beta Decay with No Neutrinos and Parity Conservation
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Version 2 : Received: 3 January 2024 / Approved: 4 January 2024 / Online: 4 January 2024 (07:34:40 CET)
Version 3 : Received: 30 January 2024 / Approved: 31 January 2024 / Online: 31 January 2024 (07:17:50 CET)
Version 4 : Received: 4 March 2024 / Approved: 5 March 2024 / Online: 5 March 2024 (06:41:27 CET)
Version 5 : Received: 5 March 2024 / Approved: 6 March 2024 / Online: 6 March 2024 (10:59:45 CET)
How to cite: Sanctuary, B. Beta Decay with No Neutrinos and Parity Conservation. Preprints 2024, 2024010118. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0118.v3 Sanctuary, B. Beta Decay with No Neutrinos and Parity Conservation. Preprints 2024, 2024010118. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0118.v3
Abstract
We changed the symmetry of the Weak Force from SU(2) to the quaternion group $Q_8$, and found that spin spacetime separates into two complementary spaces: a spin polarization spacetime of even parity states, and a spin coherence space, in the $S^3$ hypersphere, of odd parity coherent states. Under the quaternion group, spin is a boson of spin 1 in free flight and a fermion of spin $\frac{1}{2}$ when measured. It immediately follows that neutrinos are not needed to balance spin and conserve energy in beta decay. Additionally, we find the boson electrons emitted in beta decay are odd to parity, leading to parity conservation even though the observed beta distribution is asymmetrical.
Keywords
Neutrinos; beta decay; Dirac equation; Spin; Quantum Theory; helicity; Foundations of physics; no neutrinos; neutrino existence; parity conservation; parity violation; Wu parity experiment
Subject
Physical Sciences, Quantum Science and Technology
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