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Gamow–Teller transition


A Fermi transition or a Gamow–Teller transition are types of nuclear beta decay determined by changes in angular momentum or spin. In the Fermi transition, the spins of the emitted particles are antiparallel, coupling to , so the angular momentum of the initial and final angular momentum states of the nucleus are unchanged (). This is in contrast to a Gamow-Teller transition, where the spins of the emitted electron (positron) and antineutrino (neutrino) couple to total spin , leading to an angular momentum change between the initial and final angular momentum states of the nucleus.


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