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Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu

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Slide 1: Beta decay
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Slide 2: Beta decay and weak force
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Slide 3: The weak force
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Slide 4: Parity conservation (analogy)
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Slide 5: Parity conservation (example)
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Slide 6: Lee and Yang theory
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Slide 7: Wu's experiment (hypothesis)
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Slide 8: Wu's experiment (setup)
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Slide 9: Wu's experiment (setup, adiabatic magnetization)
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Slide 10: Wu's experiment (observations)
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Slide 11: Wu's experiment (results)
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Slide 12: Nobel Prize
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Slide 13: Beta-NMR
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Slide 14: Parity violation and Cosmology