What does elementary chirality have to do with neutrinos?

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1001-1003

  Avalos, Martin ^a   Babiano, Reyes ^a   Cintas, Pedro ^a   Jiménez, José L ^a   Palacios, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Chirality; CP violation; Elementary particles; Neutrinos

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; SUPERSYMMETRY;

ASYMMETRY; B MESONS; B-DECAYS; CHARGE CONJUGATION; CONSERVATION LAW; CP VIOLATIONS; NEUTRINOS; THE STANDARD MODEL;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTUM THEORY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037122157     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200290000     Document Type: Article

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