Order-α radiative correction calculations for oriented allowed nuclear β decays Original Research Article

A general method for the order-α radiative correction calculation in oriented nuclear β decays is presented. This methodis based upon the Monte Carlo event generation and integration procedure of F. Glück. The calculations are described in detail in the case of the zeroth order oriented β decays. The virtual, soft and hard photon bremsstrahlung formulae are then given. The method is useful for radiative correction calculations and for weighted or unweighted event generations in experimental off-line data analyses.