Of Symmetries and Factories, Matter and Antimatter

Author: Weinstein, Alan J.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 57, Number 1, 1993, pp. 25-36

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 57:1, Fall 1993

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:57.1.Weinstein

Abstract

An elusive subatomic particle called the B decays in a way that violates a fundamental symmetry of nature. Physicists hope to study this decay pattern at a "B Factory," as learning its secrets may explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe today.

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