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FERMI considers the decay as the transition of a heavy particle from the neutral state (neutron) into a charged state (proton) with simultaneous emission of two light particles (electron, neutrino). I consider correspondingly the (-decay as a special case of processes in which a couple of particles (neutron neutrino) are involved. The principal feature of these processes is the fact that the rest-mass of the single particle is not conserved, but only that of a couple as a whole. The accepted methods of quantum mechanics do not apply to this case ; some new principle is required.
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BORN, M. Wave Mechanics of Couples (Neutron Neutrino). Nature 139, 68 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139068a0
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