Abstract
The E1 e + e − decay of the 17.2 MeV level in 12C, and the M1 e + e − decay of the 17.6 MeV level in 8Be have been studied in a search for possible signals of short-lived neutral bosons with masses between 5 and 15 MeV/c 2. Whereas for the E1 decay at large correlation angles no deviation is found from internal pair conversion (IPC), surprisingly the M1 angular correlation deviates from IPC at the 4.5σ level.
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