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Parity nonconservation in neutral‐current interactions

SEP 01, 1978

An experiment with polarized electrons at SLAC has found evidence for parity nonconservation in a neutral‐current interaction. The observation offers strong support for the Weinberg–Salam gauge theory of the weak and electromagnetic interactions and removes the need for the more complicated gauge theories that have been developed since the original model by Steven Weinberg (Harvard University) and Abdus Salam (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) more than ten years ago.

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