The antineutrino in beta decay.

[ajassat]

Hello fellow physicists and mathematicians!

I am 15 years of age and trying to understand beta decay. At present I understand how the proton turns into a neutron etc... The problem is I do not understand how the decay of a W- boson turns into an antineutrino. I've read that the W- boson has spin of 1, ad the antineutrino a spin of 1/2. Does this mean the electron also emitted by decay of the w- boson has a spin of 1/2?

 

[Astronuc]

One may find this of use -

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nuclear/beta.html#c2

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/funfor.html#c4

The W- decays into an anti-neutrino and electron (e^-).

 

[malawi_glenn]

Yes electrons are alos spin ½ particles