Possible Effects of Strong Interactions in the Feinberg-Pais Theory of Weak Interactions

Abstract

We show that, in the simplest model where strong interaction effects are included in the baryon vertices and propagators only, the peratization of the nuclear vector $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay coupling strength is no longer equal to the corresponding peratization of the $\ensuremath{\mu}$-decay coupling strength. This might suggest a vastly different role of strong interactions in the weak interaction (peratization) theory of Feinberg and Pais, in order to conform with the observed equality of nuclear vector $\ensuremath{\beta}$-decay and $\ensuremath{\mu}$-decay strengths.