Special Issue "Symmetry, CPT and Astroparticles"
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics and Symmetry/Asymmetry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2021) | Viewed by 2305
Special Issue Editor
Interests: quantum mechanics; antimatter; interferometry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
Charge–parity–time (CPT) violations and the study of particle and astroparticle physics constitutes one of the challenges of modern physics. Among all the fundamental symmetries, CPT in fact holds a special status as being the only symmetry which is known to hold for every fundamental interaction: breaking of P, CP, and T has in fact been directly measured, and all found to be in consistent agreement with CPT conservation. While a great variety of CPT tests is being performed in terrestrial laboratories, in testing masses, lifetimes, and other properties of particles, the recent role of the astroparticles and multimessenger physics can hardly be overestimated. Cosmic rays, gamma particles, gravitational waves, and neutrinos can be detected from astronomical sources to provide decisive hints about particle–antiparticle symmetry—one of the cornerstones of the CPT theorem. In addition, studies of the early Universe based on CMB radiation and other sources can provide information on one of the most puzzling mysteries of our Universe: the asymmetry between matter and antimatter, which is directly linked to the study of CPT.
Prof. Dr. Marco Giammarchi
Guest Editor
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