I'm looking the paper first using the term Michel electrons

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The discussion centers on the search for references regarding the term "Michel electron," which refers to electrons produced from muon decay and is named after Louis Michel. The original poster is struggling to find credible sources that explain the origin of the term, noting that while it is mentioned on Wikipedia, there is a lack of detailed references in academic papers. A suggestion was made to look at Louis Michel's 1950 paper in the Proceedings of the Physical Society, which discusses the Michel parameters. Although the poster found some papers related to Michel's work, they still seek a definitive source that explains the naming of the "Michel electron." The conversation highlights the challenges of academic research in tracing specific terminology.
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Hi. First off, sorry if this is the wrong forum; this seems to be the most valid one, but if that's not the case please let me know.

Anyway, I am writing a thesis, and in it I mention the Michel electron (electron created from muon decay) and note that it gets its name from Louis Michel. I was told to find a reference for this, but try as I might there's nothing I can find. It's stated matter-of-factly on Wikipedia and the papers I see that mention it at all just say "Michel electron" with no explanation towards the naming. I was hoping that maybe someone would be know how this name originated. I tried to find old papers on muon decay, but with no luck (I'm not very experienced at doing this sort of research). I'm having trouble even finding Louis Michel's work.

Please let me know if you can help,
Thanks
 
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Borg said:
The first measurement of the Michel parameter r/in decays
Maybe this one?
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[1] L. Michel, Proc. Phys. Soc. London A 63 (1950) 514

A Google search on that gets a lot of similar papers.
Thank you for this. While I still can't find anything on the term "Michel electron", I can work with having his first two Michel parameters papers; the first of which you gave me, and the second of which was easy enough to find from that.
 
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