Beta Decay - Department of Physics, HKUβ衰变-香港大学物理系，.pptVIP

Gamma and Beta DecayBasics [Secs: 9.1 to 9.4, 10.1to 10.3 Dunlap] Gamma and Beta decays are similar A Family of Four Force Carriers β decay γ decay Unlike α decay, β and γ decays are closely related (e.g. like cousins). They often occur together as in the typical decay scheme (i.e. 198Au) They just involved changes in nucleon states (p n, n p, p p) They involve the same basic force (γ, W± ) carrier but in different state But β decays are generally much slower (~100,000) than γ decays (produced by EM force) because the Ws are heavy particles (which m