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Uncovering CP Violation

Experimental Clarification in the Neutral K Meson and B Meson Systems

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  1. Konrad Kleinknecht

    1. Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Meinz, Germany

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  • Most recent overview on the discovery of CP violation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 195)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

    • Konrad Kleinknecht
    Pages 1-2

  3. Symmetries

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    Pages 3-12

  4. Mixing and Decay of Neutral Mesons

    • Konrad Kleinknecht
    Pages 13-20

  5. Models of CP Violation

    • Konrad Kleinknecht
    Pages 21-26

  6. The Neutral K Meson System

    • Konrad Kleinknecht
    Pages 27-94

  7. The Neutral B Meson System

    • Konrad Kleinknecht
    Pages 95-122

  8. Weak Quark Mixing and the CKM Matrix

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    Pages 123-138

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 139-140

  10. Index

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    Pages 141-142

  11. Back Matter

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About this book

Uncovering CP Violation deals with one of the crucial ingredients necessary to create the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. There is one force in nature which acts differently on matter and antimatter. This phenomenon was discovered in decays of neutral K mesons in 1964. In a long series of ever refined experiments between 1964 and 2001, it was shown that this force emerges as a part of the weak interaction between quarks ("direct CP violation"). It is due to flavor mixing of three quark families. This picture was confirmed by experiments on neutral B mesons, which also demonstrated CP violation in 2001. The book describes the experiments that uncovered the nature of CP violation and the phenomenology describing CP violation. The author Konrad Kleinknecht received the Leibniz award of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1990 and the Gentner-Kastler prize and medal of SFP and DPG 2001.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Meinz, Germany

    Konrad Kleinknecht

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Uncovering CP Violation

  • Book Subtitle: Experimental Clarification in the Neutral K Meson and B Meson Systems

  • Authors: Konrad Kleinknecht

  • Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b13589

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40333-3Published: 23 October 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07314-4Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-44916-4Published: 06 October 2003

  • Series ISSN: 0081-3869

  • Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 144

  • Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Physics

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