Published May 2019 | Version v1
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A new source of asymmetry between matter and anti-matter

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The experiment LHCb at CERN has observed a difference in the behaviour between particles and their antiparticles containing a charm quark. The experiment has shown that the meson D0 (quarks c and u-bar) and its anti-particle (quarks c-bar and u) show differences when they decay into kaons or pions. This breaking of symmetry between matter-antimatter is called: CP violation. CP violation has already been observed for strange quarks (s) and beauty quarks (b) but it is the first time for charm quarks (c). (A.C.)

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Original title (French)
Une nouvelle source d'asymetrie entre matiere et antimatiere

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Recherche (Paris)
Journal Issue
no.547
Journal Page Range
p. 22
ISSN
0029-5671
CODEN
RCCHBV

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