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You discovered CP violation!

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CP Symmetry

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C (Charge) and P (Parity) are discrete transformations that can be applied to a physical system.

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If a theory is symmetric under C, then it works the same if all particles are exchanged with their antiparticles. -If it has P-symmetry, then it is invariant under inversion ("mirroring") of all spatial coordinates

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For a long time, physicists believed that all of physics is invariant under the combination CP of both symmetries. -It turned out that this is wrong, as was discovered by Cronin, Fitch et al. in 1964 when they studied the decay of the neutral K meson.

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CP Symmetry

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+ C (Charge) and P (Parity) are discrete transformations that can be applied to a physical system. +

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+ If a theory is symmetric under C, then it works the same if all particles are exchanged with their antiparticles. If it has P-symmetry, then it is invariant under inversion ("mirroring") of all spatial coordinates +

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+ For a long time, physicists believed that all of physics is invariant under the combination CP of both symmetries. It turned out that this is wrong, as was discovered by Cronin, Fitch et al. in 1964 when they studied the decay of the neutral K meson. +

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CPV in the Kaon System
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In 1964, Cronin, Fitch, et al. showed that CP symmetry is broken in the decay of the long-lived neutral K meson.

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If all of physics was invariant under CP transformation, then this long-lived version of the K meson would never decay into two pions.

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However, this kind of decay was discovered!

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You can see their results on the left: In the middle plot (the one relevant for K-meson decays), a clear excess is recognizable.

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For their discovery, Cronin and Fitch received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1980.

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CPV in the Kaon System
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+ A plot from the original publication +
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In 1964, Cronin, Fitch, et al. showed that CP symmetry is broken in the decay of the long-lived neutral K meson.

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If all of physics was invariant under CP transformation, then this long-lived version of the K meson would never decay into two pions.

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However, this kind of decay was discovered!

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You can see their results on the left: In the middle plot (the one relevant for K-meson decays), a clear excess is recognizable.

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For their discovery, Cronin and Fitch received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1980.

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You discovered the J/ψ meson!

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The J/ψ meson
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-The J/ψ is a meson consisting of a charm quark and its antiquark. It is the first excited state of the charmonium (a bound charm-anticharm state), and was discovered independently by two research groups in 1974: one at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, led by Burton Richter, and one at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, led by Samuel Ting of MIT. Richter and Ting were awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for their shared discovery. -

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History of the name
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-The J/ψ is the only particle with a two-letter name, as a result of its nearly simultaneous discovery by two independent groups. Ting wanted to name the particle “J”, while Richter called it “SP” (after the SPEAR accelerator used at SLAC), a name none of his colleagues liked. Richter finally settled on the Greek letter “ψ” (pronounced “psi”).
Since the scientific community considered it unjust to give one of the two discoverers priority, most subsequent publications have referred to the particle as the “J/ψ”. -

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The J/ψ meson

+ A plot from one of the original publications +

+ The J/ψ is a meson consisting of a charm quark and its antiquark. It is the first excited state of the charmonium (a bound charm-anticharm state), and was discovered independently by two research groups in 1974: one at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, led by Burton Richter, and one at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, led by Samuel Ting of MIT. Richter and Ting were awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for their shared discovery. +

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History of the name
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+ The J/ψ is the only particle with a two-letter name, as a result of its nearly simultaneous discovery by two independent groups. Ting wanted to name the particle “J”, while Richter called it “SP” (after the SPEAR accelerator used at SLAC), a name none of his colleagues liked. Richter finally settled on the Greek letter “ψ” (pronounced “psi”). +

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+ Since the scientific community considered it unjust to give one of the two discoverers priority, most subsequent publications have referred to the particle as the “J/ψ”. +

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