The E2/M1 Ratio, a Status Report

1998/10/05 by R. L. Workman, Workman, R. L.
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9810013

Short overview of the E2/M1 problem given at the Baryons '98 Conference, Bonn, Sept. 22-26 (1998). 6 pages of text

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Abstract

Recent determinations of the E2/M1 ratio are reviewed. Many aspects of these studies have been questioned. Here we focus on the selection of a database, methods used in the extraction of this ratio, and interpretation(s) of the results.

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