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1 Symmetries in Nature A glimpse into the beauty and art of science Dan Melconian Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute Feb 28, 2009

2 Scope of modern physics From the very smallest scales to the very largest Physics lets us understand the world around us

3 Art vs Science? There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Hamlet, Act I, Scene V

4 Science vs Art?

5 Symmetry Oxford English Dictionary: Due or just proportion; harmony of parts with each other and the whole; fitting, regular, or balanced arrangement and relation of parts or elements; the condition or quality of being well proportioned or well balanced. Regularity and beauty of form, fair or fine appearance, comeliness.

6 Symmetries in Art

7 Symmetries in Architecture

8 Symmetries in Art & Science

9 Types of Symmetries Translational Art: M.C. Escher

10 Types of Symmetries Translational Art: M.C. Escher

11 Types of Symmetries Translational Art: M.C. Escher

12 Types of Symmetries Translational Art: M.C. Escher

13 Types of Symmetries Reflections the Taj Mahal

14 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

15 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

16 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

17 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

18 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

19 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

20 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

21 Types of Symmetries Reflections People

22 Types of Symmetries Rotations Art: M.C. Escher

23 Types of Symmetries Rotations Art: M.C. Escher

24 Types of Symmetries Rotations Art: M.C. Escher

25 Types of Symmetries Rotations Art: M.C. Escher

26 Types of Symmetries Rotations Art: M.C. Escher

27 Symmetries in Physics Murray Gell Mann's Eightfold Way Organized the zoo of particles that emerged by 1961 c.f. the Periodic Table Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist Wolfgang Pauli to Leon Lederman

28 s = strangeness The meson octet q = electric charge

29 s = strangeness The baryon octet q = electric charge

30 s = strangeness The other baryons q = electric charge

31 Mendeleev's bold prediction Missing elements! Sc, Ga & Ge all discovered 20 yrs after their existence was predicted

32 Gell Mann: the Mendeleev of particle physics Found in 1964 trip to Stockholm!

33 Multiplet of quarks/anti quarks Gell Mann & Zweig

34 Baryon decuplet in terms of quarks q s u 2 / 3 0 d 1 /3 0 s 1 /3 1 q s (etc)

35 The meson nonet '

36 Basic consituents of matter

37 Fundamental symmetries Noether's Theorem: Symmetries Conservation Law

38 Fundamental symmetries Noether's Theorem: Symmetries Conservation Law Energy is conserved time reversal symmetry

39 Fundamental symmetries Noether's Theorem: Symmetries Conservation Law Energy is conserved time reversal symmetry Momentum is conserved translational symmetry Charge is conserved rotational symmetry gauge symmetry Angular momentum is conserved

40 History of parity

41 History of parity 1786: Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts Hmmmm...

42 History of parity 1786: Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts 1848: Pasteur observes optical rotation in chemical isomers

43 History of parity 1786: Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts 1848: Pasteur observes optical rotation in chemical isomers 1924: Laporte introduces idea of parity conservation in quantum mechanics (x, y) ( x, y) Vector interaction

44 History of parity 1786: Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts 1848: Pasteur observes optical rotation in chemical isomers 1924: Laporte introduces idea of parity conservation in quantum mechanics (x, y) ( x, y) Axial vector interaction

45 History of parity 1786: Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts 1848: Pasteur observes optical rotation in chemical isomers 1924: Laporte introduces idea of parity conservation in quantum mechanics Intrinsic parity helicity or handedness

46 History of parity 1786: Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts 1848: Pasteur observes optical rotation in chemical isomers 1924: Laporte introduces idea of parity conservation in quantum mechanics Intrinsic parity helicity or handedness

47 History of parity Kant debates the nature of incongruent counterparts Pasteur observes optical rotation in chemical isomers Laporte introduces idea of parity conservation in quantum mechanics Wigner proves Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism conserve parity : 1848: 1924: 1927: 1953: Experiments indicate weak interaction is (S,T) 1953: Dalitz points out puzzle : vs same half life, same mass, same charge,...

48 Is parity always conserved? Prompted Lee and Yang to note:... existing experiments do indicate parity conservation in strong and electromagnetic interactions, but that for weak interactions... parity conservation is so far only an extrapolated hypothesis, unsupported by experimental evidence. Feynman bets parity stays conserved

49 C.S. Wu's experiment e direction is a vector: p = x/ t p spin is an axial vector: J = r p J 'mirror' d l r o w world ' 'regular If there is a correlation between p and J, parity is not conserved!

50 Feynman loses $50 Parity is NOT conserved in weak interactions!

51 Now the question is... The standard model of particle physics assumes the weak interaction is V A which maximally violates parity (not V 0.1A, for example) Are there any V + A components we just haven't seen yet? Is Nature truly left handed, or is it ambidextrous? Why would it care whether a process occured in the mirror world or not?

52 Nuclear physics continues the search Nuclear decay: Textbook assumptions: decay occurs from rest decay occurs from a point source the particles escape without distortions the polarization is perfect

53 Magneto optical traps Steven Chu 1997 Claude Cohen Tannoudji William Philips For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light Textbook assumptions: decay occurs from rest decay occurs from a point source the particles escape without distortions the polarization is perfect?

54 A vapour cell MOT Laser excites atomic transitions: + I ion beam I + + excited states ground state

55 Basic idea behind any trap Speed dependent force: dampens the motion and slows particles down Position dependent force: defines where particles get trapped E.g.: Ball in a valley... with friction

56 How does a MOT work? Speed dependent force: the Doppler effect Position dependent force: magnetic fields make absorption rate depend on distance from centre Lab frame: Atom's frame: The Doppler effect changes rate of absorbing laser beam

57 Atom photon interactions vs. ℏ k ~ 1.5 ev/c M v ~ 45 kev/c

58 Atom photon interactions vs. Cycling transitions!!

59 Just in case you thought it was easy...!!

60 A double MOT system Traps provide a backing free, cold (~1mK), localized (~1mm3) source of short lived radioactive atoms Detect pe and precoil deduce p v!

61 Measuring polarized asymmetries et d a l o p et d r o t ec ti a z ri o s i x na r o t ec

62 E field The neutrino asymmetry OP beam recoil ion e

63 E field The neutrino asymmetry OP beam recoil ion e

64 The neutrino asymmetry E field Clean measurement with coincidence condition! OP beam recoil ion e

65 Results B = This is about 20x better than Wu's experiment, but that was a long time ago...

66 Current limits proton proton colliders Left Right Mixing Angle

67 Current limits neutrino nucleon scattering Left Right Mixing Angle

68 Current limits muon decay Left Right Mixing Angle

69 Current limits superallowed decay

70 Current limits world average of decay

71 Current limits world average of neutron decay

72 Current limits result using trapped 37K

73 Current limits expected results with improved 37K experiment

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