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Measured an asymmetry in electron emission from polarized cobalt-60 nuclei, demonstrating parity violation in beta decay.
Scientific scope
Measured an asymmetry in electron emission from polarized cobalt-60 nuclei, demonstrating parity violation in beta decay. Scope limitation: The result concerns weak interactions. Wu, Ambler, Hayward, Hoppes and Hudson share the reported experiment; a prize list is not the byline.
Evidence
Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. The result concerns weak interactions. Wu, Ambler, Hayward, Hoppes and Hudson share the reported experiment; a prize list is not the byline.
Contributors
- C. S. Wu · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- E. Ambler · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- R. W. Hayward · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- D. D. Hoppes · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- R. P. Hudson · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay
- Experimental Test of Parity Conservation in Beta Decay — deposited bibliography
- NIST: the original parity experiment and its collaborators
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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