important discrete symmetries are P-symmetry (parity) and T-symmetry (time reversal). These discrete symmetries, C, P and T, are symmetries of the equations...
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and time reversal symmetry is a fundamental symmetry of physical laws under the simultaneous transformations of charge conjugation (C), parity transformation...
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CP violation (redirect from CP symmetry)
CP-symmetry (or charge conjugation parity symmetry): the combination of C-symmetry (charge conjugation symmetry) and P-symmetry (parity symmetry). CP-symmetry...
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Symmetry (from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría) 'agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement') in everyday life refers to a sense of harmonious...
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The symmetry of a physical system is a physical or mathematical feature of the system (observed or intrinsic) that is preserved or remains unchanged under...
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In mathematics, a symmetry operation is a geometric transformation of an object that leaves the object looking the same after it has been carried out....
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Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a spontaneous process of symmetry breaking, by which a physical system in a symmetric state spontaneously ends up in an...
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Gauge theory (redirect from Gauge symmetry)
global symmetry. Local symmetry, the cornerstone of gauge theories, is a stronger constraint. In fact, a global symmetry is just a local symmetry whose...
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Facial symmetry is one specific measure of bodily symmetry. Along with traits such as averageness and youthfulness, it influences judgments of aesthetic...
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Parity (physics) (redirect from P-symmetry)
such as rho meson decay to pions. C-symmetry CP violation Electroweak theory Mirror matter Molecular symmetry T-symmetry Footnotes An example of a mass flow...
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preserve CP-symmetry? In particle physics, CP stands for the combination of C-symmetry (charge conjugation symmetry) and P-symmetry (parity symmetry). According...
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molecular symmetry describes the symmetry present in molecules and the classification of these molecules according to their symmetry. Molecular symmetry is a...
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Wallpaper group (redirect from Wallpaper symmetries)
of the designs' superficial details; whereas C has a different set of symmetries. The number of symmetry groups depends on the number of dimensions in...
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In physics, symmetry breaking is a phenomenon where a disordered but symmetric state collapses into an ordered, but less symmetric state. This collapse...
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left and right are swapped (P symmetry) and particles are replaced with their corresponding antiparticles (C symmetry). "Beauty" and "truth" are contrasted...
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set comes from the Poincaré symmetry—JPC, where J, P and C stand for the total angular momentum, P-symmetry, and C-symmetry, respectively. The other set...
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Symmetry in biology refers to the symmetry observed in organisms, including plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria. External symmetry can be easily seen...
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Baryon asymmetry (section CP-symmetry violation)
conditions" are: Baryon number B {\displaystyle B} violation. C-symmetry and CP-symmetry violation. Interactions out of thermal equilibrium. Baryon number...
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believed to be a molecular structure of P21/c symmetry; Phase III is (or is similar to) a structure of C2/c symmetry consisting of flat layers of molecules...
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has icosahedral symmetry if it has the same symmetries as a regular icosahedron. Examples of other polyhedra with icosahedral symmetry include the regular...
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conditions" are: Baryon number B {\displaystyle B} violation. C-symmetry and CP-symmetry violation. Interactions out of thermal equilibrium. Baryon number...
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Feynman diagram (redirect from Symmetry factor)
include a symmetry factor ni!. However, in the end each contribution of a Feynman diagram Dk to the partition function has the generic form ∏ i C i n i n...
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Symmetries in quantum mechanics describe features of spacetime and particles which are unchanged under some transformation, in the context of quantum mechanics...
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regular octahedron has 24 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and 48 symmetries altogether. These include transformations that combine a reflection...
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regular tetrahedron has 12 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and a symmetry order of 24 including transformations that combine a reflection...
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rotational or reflectional symmetry about one axis (by an angle of 360°/n) that does not change the object. They are the finite symmetry groups on a cone. For...
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field involved is a complex 4-potential B μ = ( ϕ c , A ) {\displaystyle B^{\mu }=\left({\frac {\phi }{c}},\mathbf {A} \right)} , where ϕ {\displaystyle...
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C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry is a book by mathematician Doris Schattschneider published by W. H. Freeman in 1990. The book analyzes the symmetry of...
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functions in quantum field theory. It is also important in spontaneous symmetry breaking. Examples are: The Higgs field has a vacuum expectation value...
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T-symmetry or time reversal symmetry is the theoretical symmetry of physical laws under the transformation of time reversal, T : t ↦ − t . {\displaystyle...
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