Some Consequences of Possible Quadratic Intermediate-Vector-Boson Interactions with Hadrons

Abstract

Some consequences of a hypothesis that the intermediate-vector boson supposed to be responsible for the weak interactions may have quadratic strong interactions with the nucleon are investigated. No contradiction is found with the existing experimental data if the mass of the vector boson is greater than 2.5 BeV. In this scheme, it is possible to explain the small difference between renormalized vector coupling constants of $\beta$ and $\mu$ decays. Some experiments are suggested to test the validity of the postulated strong quadratic interaction.