A Parity Violation Transmission Experiment for Undergraduate Laboratories
| dc.contributor.author | Kennel, Levi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yuly, Mark | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-20T14:23:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-20T14:23:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-04-20 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Because there are currently no published weak interaction parity violation experiments specifically for undergraduate laboratories, a simple parity violation experiment is being developed using circularly polarized gamma rays. A 60Co source will be placed on one side of an electromagnet, so that the circularly polarized gamma rays emitted opposite the beta particles will pass through the electromagnet core. A NaI detector detects the number of gamma rays that pass through the electromagnet, and a silicon detector detects beta particles opposite the gamma rays. The number of coincidence events will be measured when the electromagnet is polarized both parallel and antiparallel to the gamma rays – an asymmetry between the number of coincidence events for each orientation would show that parity is violated. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | XLII Annual Rochester Symposium for Physics Students, University of Rochester, April 20, 2024 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.houghton.edu/handle/hc/4182 | |
| dc.publisher | Houghton University | |
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| dc.subject | Student Projects | |
| dc.title | A Parity Violation Transmission Experiment for Undergraduate Laboratories |