Tag: parity violation
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On the Possibility of Electric Dipole Moments for Elementary Particles and Nuclei
Published on this day 75 years ago is the paper by Edward M. Purcell and Norman F. Ramsey that launched search for the permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) neutrons, electrons, atomic nuclei, and other elementary particles such as muons. Ramsey recounts the story of how this paper and the first…
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Happy Birthday Madame Chien-Shiung Wu!
Today is Madame Chien-Shiung Wu’s 113th birthday! Some interesting facts about Madame Wu: She is probably most famous for conceiving and carrying out the first experiment published that indicated that parity was violated in the weak interaction. This experiment has a fascinating history that is recounted in Chapter 9 in…
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