Parity violation Asymmetry
until 1950s, believed fundamental physics left-right symmetric; i.e., interactions invariant under parity. although parity conserved in electromagnetism, strong interactions , gravity, turns out violated in weak interactions. standard model incorporates parity violation expressing weak interaction chiral gauge interaction. left-handed components of particles , right-handed components of antiparticles participate in weak interactions in standard model. consequence of parity violation in particle physics neutrinos have been observed left-handed particles (and antineutrinos right-handed particles).
in 1956-1957 chien-shiung wu, e. ambler, r. w. hayward, d. d. hoppes, , r. p. hudson found clear violation of parity conservation in beta decay of cobalt-60. simultaneously, r. l. garwin, leon lederman, , r. weinrich modified existing cyclotron experiment , verified parity violation.
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