Skip to main content

Particle Physics

p.15 E. Braaten, C.S. Li, T.C. Yuan, "The evolution of Weinberg's gluonic CP-Violation operator," Physical Review Letters, 64:1709-12, 1990. Eric Braaten (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.): "A great mystery in elementary particle physics is the existence of an extremely weak force that is not invariant under reversing the direction of time. In 1989, Steven Weinberg proposed a new mechanism for producing violations of time reversal (or CP) symmetry [Physical Review Letters, 63:2333-6].

| 1 min read

Register for free to listen to this article
Listen with Speechify
0:00
1:00

p.15

E. Braaten, C.S. Li, T.C. Yuan, "The evolution of Weinberg's gluonic CP-Violation operator," Physical Review Letters, 64:1709-12, 1990.

Eric Braaten (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.): "A great mystery in elementary particle physics is the existence of an extremely weak force that is not invariant under reversing the direction of time. In 1989, Steven Weinberg proposed a new mechanism for producing violations of time reversal (or CP) symmetry [Physical Review Letters, 63:2333-6]. He showed that particles too heavy to have been produced in the lab could induce a time reversal-violating interaction among gluons. This could be detected experimentally, because it would generate a tiny electric dipole moment for the neutron. We calculated precisely the low-energy gluon interaction that would be induced by the heavy particles. The interaction turned out to be several orders of magnitude weaker than previously believed. Extremely sensitive measurements of the neutron electric dipole moment are now being ...

Interested in reading more?

Become a Member of

The Scientist Logo
Receive full access to digital editions of The Scientist, as well as TS Digest, feature stories, more than 35 years of archives, and much more!
Already a member?
Add The Scientist as a preferred source on Google

Add The Scientist as a preferred Google source to see more of our trusted coverage.

Published In

Related articles background image
August 2026 Digest cover
August 2026

Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

View this Issue
Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Overcoming Immunotherapy Resistance in Liver Cancer

Axion Biosystems
Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

Optimizing NGS Library Preparation for Reliable Sequencing Data

Covaris
Using TCR Repertoire Sequencing to Advance Immunology Research

Using TCR Repertoire Sequencing to Advance Immunology Research

Miltenyi
Mapping Clonal Mosaicism in Aging Tissues

Mapping Clonal Mosaicism in Aging Tissues

Mission bio

Products

Sino Biological Logo

Sino Biological Launches SuperNuclease ® Pro with Free Trial Program

Sino Biological Logo

Sino Biological Launches Precisely Characterized Full-Length p-Tau217 Protein to Advance Next-Generation Alzheimer’s Biomarker Assay Development

A photo of a scientist placing the Resipher device on a 96-well plate.

Resipher: Continuous Live-Cell Mitochondrial Respiration Monitoring in 96-Well Plates

Lucid Scientific logo
Conceptual image of ice and frost.

The VAULT100 PRO: Inside the most advanced Stirling Ultracold ULT freezer ever built.

Stirling Ultracold logo