(a) Does the presence of a neutrino among the decay

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(a) Does the presence of a neutrino among the decay products of a particle necessarily mean that the decay occurs via the weak interaction? (P) Do all decays via the weak interaction produce a neutrino? Explain.

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(a) Does the presence of a neutrino among the decay products of a particle necessarily mean that the decay occurs via the weak interaction? (P) Do all decays via the weak interaction produce a neutrino? Explain.

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Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 3 CONCEPT Neutrino It is an electrically neutral and weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle with a half-integer spin. It has a small, but nonzero mass. It would be able to pass through ordinary matter by remaining almost unaffected. As it has no charge, the neutrino is not affected by the electromagnetic force.

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