helium-6

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February 15, 1949 Physical Review James S. Allen, H. R. Paneth, and A. H. Morrish Electron-Neutrino Angular Correlation in the Beta-Decay of He6

Predecessor He-6 experiment

 
February 15, 1953 Physical Review Brice M. Rustad and Stanley L. Ruby Correlation Between Electron and Recoil Nucleus in He6 Decay

First publication of Rustad-Ruby results. Together with Allen-Jentschke, seen as definitive determination of Tensor coupling in GT interactions

 
February 15, 1955 Physical Review B. M. Rustad and S. L. Ruby Gamow-Teller Interaction in the Decay of He6

The classic He-6 recoil experiment by Rustad-Ruby

 
July 15, 1958 Physical Review Letters W. B. Herrmannsfeldt, R. L. Burman, P. Stahelin, J. S. Allen, and T. H. Braid Determination of the Gamow-Teller Beta-Decay Interaction From the Decay of Helium-6

Experiment of He6 decay by Illinois team cites Rustad-Ruby He6 half-life calculation while reaching contradictory result.

September 15, 1958 Physical Review Letters E. D. Commins and P. Kusch Upper Limit to the Magnetic Moment of He-6

A. Franklin assisted in taking data and performing calculations. It was his first exposure to the RR experiment.

July 1961 Nuclear Physics B. W. Ridley THE ELECTRON-NEUTRINO ANGULAR CORRELATION IN BETA DECAY OF HELIUM 6

Another He6 recoil setup in 1961 by the British researcher Ridley confirms axial vector interaction in GT decays.

 
December 15, 1963 Physical Review Joseph B. Vise and Brice M. Rustad Electron-Neutrino Angular Correlation in the Decay of He6

Complete redo by Rustad and Joseph Vise in 1963.