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What does the "P" in CP-violation stand for?

  • Power

  • Parity

  • Probability

  • Pressure

Answer

Parity violation, as its name suggests, involves the violation of parity symmetry. In physics, parity refers to the indistinguishability of a physical system from its mirror image. Parity violation occurs when the behavior of a physical system differs from that of its mirror image.
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