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Hadley, Mark J.. (2011) The asymmetric Kerr metric as a source of CP violation. EPL (Europhysics Letters), Vol.95 (No.2). Article 21003. ISSN 0295-5075

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Abstract

All experimental evidence for violation of discrete spacetime symmetries: Parity and Time reversal and the related Charge conjugation/Parity combination (P, T and CP respectively) has been obtained on earth in a gravitational potential that is P and T anisotropic. It is suggested that the origin of the observed CP violation is the scalar field equal to the frame dragging term $d\phi dt$ in the Kerr metric of a spinning massive body. The galaxy would be the largest such source. Indirect evidence of such an effect would be anisotropic decay products when plotted in a reference frame defined by the fixed stars. As a consequence, CP violation would be very much greater near compact astrophysical objects with large angular momentum.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	CP violation (Nuclear physics)
Journal or Publication Title:	EPL (Europhysics Letters)
Publisher:	Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0295-5075
Date:	2011
Volume:	Vol.95
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	Article 21003
Identification Number:	10.1209/0295-5075/95/21003
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/39484