Leptonic μ and τ decays: Mass effects, polarization effects, and O(α) radiative corrections

Physical Review D

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Fischer, M ^a   Groote, S ^a   Korner J G ^a   Mauser, M C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION;

EID: 0038636885     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.113008     Document Type: Article

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