Fermi interaction 2026-10-03
The Fermi interaction is the low-energy four-fermion approximation to the weak charged current. Integrating out a W boson gives its coefficient at tree level.
Allowed. A single -channel W boson mediates the weak charged current transitions and . The amplitude is proportional to the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix product .
Allowed. There are two tree-level Feynman diagrams: -channel Z boson exchange through the weak neutral current, and -channel formation through the weak charged current.