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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 305 1 d Solution by
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An experimentally observed example is , a decay of the long-lived neutral kaon into a CP-even two-pion state. Without CP violation, the long-lived state would be CP-odd and this decay would be forbidden.
For the CKM matrix mechanism of CP violation, three quark generations are the minimum. Rephasings remove every complex phase for one or two generations, while three generations leave one physical CP-violating phase. This count concerns weak quark mixing. The Yang-Mills theta term in part (c) is a separate possible source of CP violation and does not require three generations.
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