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Asymmetry in Nature –Discrete Symmetries in Particle Physics and their Violation

1. Background and Parity Violation

B Ananthanarayan, J Meeraa, Bharti Sharma, Seema Sharma and Ritesh K Singh

B Ananthanarayan

B Ananthanarayan is at the Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science. His research interests are in the field of elementary particle physics.

J Meeraa

J Meeraa is finishing her MSc at the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

This two-part article considers certain fundamental symmetries of nature, namely the discrete symmetries of parity (P), charge conjugation (C) and time reversal (T), and their possible violation. Recent experimental results are discussed in some depth. In the first part of this article we present a general background and discuss parity violation.

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Address for Correspondence
B Ananthanarayan
Centre for Theoretical Studies
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012, India.

Bharti Sharma

Bharti Sharma is finishing her MSc at Aligarh Muslim University.

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Seema Sharma is finishing her MSc at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur

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Ritesh K Singh is working towards his PhD at the Indian Institute of Science in the field of elementary particle physics.

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