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CP Violation Problem

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2024-12-02 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The strong CP violation problem has a long history emanating from its discovery 60 years ago in the decay of neutral kaons and subsequent experimental and theoretical studies over several decades. We review herein experimental data that observe indirect CP violation of the order of 103\sim10^{-3}, as well as the discovery of direct CP violation of the order of 106\sim10^{-6}. Despite improved experimental methods over the past half a century, the original CP violation numbers have remained the same. Verification of the CP violation in the decay of charged kaons was also observed. Data reflecting CP violation in the decays of BB and DD mesons have become very important and are also discussed in this review. The question of CP violation only with the participation of ssˉs\bar{s}, ccˉc\bar{c}, and bbˉb\bar{b} quarks in the framework of the Standard Model or beyond it and its small magnitude remains open.

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@article{arxiv.2404.19123,
  title  = {CP Violation Problem},
  author = {Nicolai Popov and William J. Briscoe and Igor Strakovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.19123},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

25 pages, 5 figures; we have revised the paper accordingly: 35 pages and 8 figures now

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