Abstract
Time reversal invariance in the nuclear interaction was investigated by observing the directional correlation of the strongly hindered 501-keV ray of with the subsequent 332- and 215-keV rays from a source of polarized at low temperatures. The asymmetry of the correlation was measured to be (2.8±5.1)× , corresponding to a phase angle between the 501-keV and multipoles given by , consistent with the assumption of invariance. Upper limits on the out-of-phase components of the and matrix elements were determined to be 3× and 1× Weisskopf units, respectively; these extremely small upper limits result from the use of a strongly hindered ray. In addition, based on these results, estimates of the magnitude of the -odd potential were deduced, from which we conclude that the millistrong or electromagnetic interactions are unlikely to be a source of violations.
RADIOACTIVITY ; directional correlation, time-reversal test; 501- KeV , measured , ; deduced -odd parts, , transition matrices; estimated -odd component, Hamiltonian.
- Received 24 January 1974
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.10.840
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