Double désintégration bêtaLe processus de double désintégration bêta est un mode de décroissance nucléaire, qui consiste en deux désintégrations bêta simultanées dans un même noyau atomique. Il résulte généralement de ce processus l'émission de deux neutrinos, mais certaines théories prédisent une double désintégration sans émission de neutrinos, bien qu'un tel évènement n'ait jamais été observé. La double désintégration bêta avec émission de neutrinos (ββ2ν) est un mode de décroissance autorisé par le modèle standard.
Beta function (physics)In theoretical physics, specifically quantum field theory, a beta function, β(g), encodes the dependence of a coupling parameter, g, on the energy scale, μ, of a given physical process described by quantum field theory. It is defined as and, because of the underlying renormalization group, it has no explicit dependence on μ, so it only depends on μ implicitly through g. This dependence on the energy scale thus specified is known as the running of the coupling parameter, a fundamental feature of scale-dependence in quantum field theory, and its explicit computation is achievable through a variety of mathematical techniques.
Operator product expansionIn quantum field theory, the operator product expansion (OPE) is used as an axiom to define the product of fields as a sum over the same fields. As an axiom, it offers a non-perturbative approach to quantum field theory. One example is the vertex operator algebra, which has been used to construct two-dimensional conformal field theories. Whether this result can be extended to QFT in general, thus resolving many of the difficulties of a perturbative approach, remains an open research question.
