Does Z Boson Decay Respect Parity and Charge Conjugation?

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Considering a Z boson decay into a fermion-antifermion pair. How can i say if the process respect parity and charge conjugation?Thanks
 
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As usual, check the transformation properties of the initial and the final states.
 
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Orodruin said:
As usual, check the transformation properties of the initial and the final states.
Could yuo be more specific? Because i compute the polarized amplitude and there is a term proportional to cosine (that is clearly not parity invariant), but i don't know how to show that it's not C invariant.
 
What changes if you exchange every particle for its antiparticle in a fermion/antifermion pair, what changes for the Z?

Cosine of what, by the way?
 
mfb said:
What changes if you exchange every particle for its antiparticle in a fermion/antifermion pair, what changes for the Z?

Cosine of what, by the way?

Cosine of the angle betwen z axis and the 3momentum of fermion in the rest frame of Z.
 

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