Search for Time-Reversal Violation in theβDecay of PolarizedLi8Nuclei

R. Huber, J. Lang, S. Navert, J. Sromicki, K. Bodek, St. Kistryn, J. Zejma, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, E. Stephan, W. Haeberli
2003 Physical Review Letters  
The transverse polarization of electrons emitted in the beta-decay of polarized 8Li nuclei has been measured. For the time reversal violating triple correlation parameter we find R = (0.9 +- 2.2)x10^-3. This result is in agreement with the standard model and yields improved constraints on exotic tensor contributions to the weak interaction. It also provides a new limit on the mass of a possible scalar leptoquark, m_LQ > 560 GeV/c^2 (90
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.90.202301 pmid:12785884 fatcat:vg63tq6a7ra6hov4occrzufuhi