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I've gained interest in the http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/" , which pertain to CP-violation.
QUESTION #1
What sort of classes/branches would teach/contain 'charge conjugation' and 'parity'?
QUESTION #2
the wiki article on parity states that parity is an operator-
"acting on a state ψ as follows: P ψ(r) = ψ(-r). One must have P^2 ψ(r) = e^(i φ) ψ(r), since an overall phase is unobservable."
I'd be interested to see the proof for P^2, and I'm curious how the overall phase being unobservable justifies this (not even sure I know what is meant by the "over all phase")
MY PHYSICS BACKGROUND
I am up to Chapter 7 in Griffith's QM. There doesn't seem to be a section on 'parity' or 'charge conjugation' in the undergrad book, so I am left to wiki
QUESTION #1
What sort of classes/branches would teach/contain 'charge conjugation' and 'parity'?
QUESTION #2
the wiki article on parity states that parity is an operator-
"acting on a state ψ as follows: P ψ(r) = ψ(-r). One must have P^2 ψ(r) = e^(i φ) ψ(r), since an overall phase is unobservable."
I'd be interested to see the proof for P^2, and I'm curious how the overall phase being unobservable justifies this (not even sure I know what is meant by the "over all phase")
MY PHYSICS BACKGROUND
I am up to Chapter 7 in Griffith's QM. There doesn't seem to be a section on 'parity' or 'charge conjugation' in the undergrad book, so I am left to wiki
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