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The CP violation discovered by Fitch implied a lack of what in certain reactions?

  • Momentum

  • Energy Conservation

  • Charge Parity

  • Spin Correlation

Answer

Charge Parity (CP) violation refers to the difference in behavior between particles and their antiparticles in the presence of a combined charge conjugation (C) and parity (P) transformation. CP violation is crucial because it provides a possible explanation for the preponderance of matter over antimatter in the universe.
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