Fermi theory of beta decay
When: December 1933 - January 1934
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Rejected by Nature as too speculative, Enrico Fermi's "Attempt At a Theory of Beta Rays" was published in Italian and German journals. It introduced key concepts such as derivation of the shape of the electron energy spectrum, the expression of the decay constant, the selection rules for scalar and vector interactions, and the expression of the “ft” values.
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