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    Nuctear Fhysics 174 the magnetic polarization © field. cc Co nuclei. The direction of izing th field for Polaris reversed by reversing the magnetic f the nuclei could be re’ particles was measured both in the forward t. the direction of nuclear polarization when, 0.01 K ). Subsequently the sample was helium gas into the chamber and the ured as functions of the ‘The intensity of the B- and backward directions wt the temperature was very low (~ allowed to warm up by introducing mie intensities in the two directions were S i i ji $a 8 min. warming up time which was about ated ; 1 The Bas of the experiment are shown in Fig. 5.33a. in which the B-intensity J, is plotted as a function of warming up time f both for forward and backward directions. The results show that the B-particles are emitted preferentially in the backward direction w.r.t. to the direction of nuclear polarisation, indicated in the figure by the direction of the polarizing magnetic field H. The anistropy in the B-intensity for the cold sample disappears as the sample warms up. The degree of polarization of the source nuclei was measured from the anisotropy of the y-ray intensities emitted from °°Co by means of the two Nal(TI) scintillation counters shown in Fig. 5.31, parallel (B) and perpendicular (A), to the direction of polarization. The results are shown in Fig.5.33b which show anisotropy in the y-intensity as:recorded by the counters, both for. the cold as, well as for the warm samples. The anisotropy disappears when the sample warms: up: Interpretation of Wu’s experiment : “Carty operation leads to inversion at the origin of the coordinate system, i.e. the vector r is changed to ~F)which is equivalent to changing the spherical polar ‘coordinates (r, 0, g) to (r, 1-9, T+). ___ If there is cylindrical symmetry, then there is no dependence of a given wave function so that there is only rand @ dependence. The fact that in the experiment of Wu ef al there is a symmetry in the intensity distribution in the forward and backward directions w.r.t. the direction of polarization of the Co nuclei impli imteneild don Boe et © nuclei implies that the intensity can b d by the formula mem st Ip = Ip (1 +a cos ) where a<0. This gives greater intensi That the experiment of W i , non-conservation can be underst fering ea Shows, Party the schematic picture of B-decay from & 8 ene” ms - from +) a # of ® Ni, The spin change A /=1 ig eects © t0 the exited state anti-neutrino emitted with Parallel sj eee Py ie aleciron egy ALE. Pins as shown in the Fig.5.34 since Bt =rxp isan ge Sign on reflection. This is ee tae Beta Particles and Beta Activity Pe 60 * 175 com NE te +m, 9 #PS ot pin 5 pimp +h Sy aight hamdod, Pow Iimeat crrém* | sf] comyacnvatioms vigor a P58 Py ane | handecl, Ve 8c, 6044; oppouttely obj reef Se a ee ea ceo - Vy iP OE S74 AN sp % o ult bam ded. deb} hamded a a H helt bamded HE ep rg Tight tamedoal He Ve Bae i ° veect © : ad wineea 4p Si eright hae | (1)— | > 8ONi —E Co | *&P ere ean the praber- Eu, EY | emt vm Le dja, 89 debt ham He bg®et spat Coy ¥ P5 | Fig. 5.34. Interpretation of the results of the experiment on the non-conservation of parity. for the spin angular momentum. So in the mirror image of the B-decay Co+ Ni+B-+¥, the nuclear spins of the parent and product nuclei (shown by double arrows) do not change directions. Similarly the:spins Sy- and S, of the B~ and the antineutrino V do not change direction in the mirror image. However their linear momenta pg- and py shown by single. ction. Considering B” emission in the have opposite directions, as shown in the 54) so that momentum may be conserved With py opposite to the spin of the residual nucleus © Ni, Then due to ‘easons mentioned above, py must have.the same direction as the © Ni Spin in the mirror -dimage ea gned parallel). "Pag Ps Hows, change sign on refle ackward direction, Pp- and Py figure, (p, must be parallel 10 G fr ee =O” ro Wasible)

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