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Fermi theory of weak interactions

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Summary

A local four-fermion theory approximating charged-current weak processes at momentum transfers far below the WW-boson mass.

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Continuous beta-spectrum problemFermi theory of weak interactions

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Fermi’s interaction theory incorporated the neutrino and supplied a dynamical account of beta spectra.

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Electroweak theoryFermi theory of weak interactions

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At momentum transfer much smaller than mWm_W, charged-current weak exchange is approximated by local four-fermion operators.

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The target retains the degrees of freedom and interactions relevant below a stated scale or within a stated regime, while higher-energy or unresolved degrees of freedom from the source are integrated out, coarse-grained, or encoded in effective couplings.

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Four-fermion interactionFermi theory of weak interactions

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Fermi theory is built from local four-fermion charged-current operators.

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Fermi theory of weak interactionsBeta decay

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Fermi theory gives the leading local weak description of beta decay below the WW scale.

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Fermi theory of weak interactionsLow-energy effective field theory below the electroweak scale (LEFT)

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Fermi four-fermion interactions are leading weak-operator components within the broader low-energy effective field theory.

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