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The mention the asymetry is here: "When the high energy protons in cosmic rays slam into the atmosphere, they produce particles called pions, and the rapid dec
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
The mention the asymetry is here:
"When the high energy protons in cosmic rays slam into the atmosphere, they produce particles called pions, and the rapid decay of pions is governed by the weak force — the only fundamental force with a known mirror asymmetry."
Pion decay is apparently not symmetric. I don't know much about the topic, maybe start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_interaction#Violation_of_symmetry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_interaction#Violation_of_...
It doesn't seem to be the case that "we don't have any cosmic rays with inverted polarization" - just that there is more in one direction than in the other. Even a slight bias would add up over time.