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1 Parity Violation in the Compound Nucleus G. E. Mitchell North Carolina State University

2 SYMMETRY BREAKING, RMT AND NUCLEI USE NUCLEUS AS TEST LABORATORY FOR RMT PREDICTIONS ASSUME RMT TO INTERPRET NUCLEAR PHENOMENA ISOSPIN SYMMETRY BREAKING EFFECT ON LEVEL STATISTICS EFFECT ON TRANSITIONS PARITY VIOLATION ENHANCEMENT IN COMPOUND NUCLEUS

3 FOLLOWING WU-AMBLER, GARWIN-LEDERMAN MANY STUDIES OF PARITY VIOLATION IN STRONG INTERACTION PROCESSES CONFLICTING RESULTS (MAINLY RUSSIAN) IN NEUTRON- INDUCED REACTIONS LOOKING AT GAMMA RAYS FINNALY AT ILL VERY LARGE NEUTRON SPIN ROTATION CONFUSION EXTREME EXAMPLE RESORT TO FIFTH FORCE EXPLANATION SUSHKOV-FLAMBAUM OBSERVATION OF LARGE PARITY VIOLATION IN NEUTRON RESONANCES IN 139 LA FRANK LABORATORY, DUBNA THEN WE STARTED TRIPLE COLLABORATION

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13 p-wave level  s-wave levels  many levels contribute PNC asymmetry)  x neutron decay amplitude E x resonance energies V  matrix element of PNC interaction between levels and 

14 One measured variable p  many matrix elements V  A  known Assume V  independent Gaussian Random variables with mean zero and variance M j 2 M j 2 is the weak interaction mean squared matrix element p  is sum of variables V  with constant coefficients Therefore p  is Gaussian random variable with variance M j 2 A  2 Determine M j 2 from experimental data

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18 SIGN CORRELATION EXPLANATIONS AUERBACH DESPLANQUES FLAMBAUM HAYES KERMAN KOONIN WEIDENMUELLER ET AL.

19 NO SUCH EFFECT IN ALL OTHER MEASUREMENTS FOR 15 NUCLEI EXTENDED MEASUREMENTS TO HIGHER ENERGIES OBSERVED OPPOSITE SIGN FOR PV BEST GUESS LOCAL DOORWAY CONSISTENT WITH KERMAN’S VIEW

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24 GENERAL OVERVIEW G.E.MITCHELL AND H.A. WEIDENMUELLER REV.MOD.PHYS. 71,445 (1999)‏ ALL THE DETAILS G.E.MITCHELL, J.D.BOWMAN, S.I.PENTTILA, E.I.SHARAPOV PHYS. REPORTS 354, 157 (2001)‏


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