The magnitude of the pion asymmetry parameter α- of the Λ → p + π- decay has been determinted [1] to be greater than or equal to (0.73 ± 0.14). The sign of this parameter, however, is rather hard to find. The results of Boldt et al. [2] anf the preliminary results of Birge and Fowler [3] indicated a positive sign for α-. Recently, however, Birge and Fowler [4] have reported a negative sign for α-, contrary to their own preliminary [3] results.
In this Letter we wish to point out that the negative sign of α-, provides a favorable argument for the conjecture that the V-A four-fermion interaction may be mediated by a vector boson
