Sensitivity of Discrete Symmetry Tests in the Positronium System with the J-PET Detector

@article{Gajos2020SensitivityOD,
  title={Sensitivity of Discrete Symmetry Tests in the Positronium System with the J-PET Detector},
  author={Aleksander Gajos},
  journal={Symmetry},
  year={2020},
  volume={12},
  pages={1268}
}
  • A. Gajos
  • Published 1 June 2020
  • Physics
  • Symmetry
Study of certain angular correlations in the three-photon annihilations of the triplet state of positronium, the electron-positron bound state, may be used as a probe of potential CP and CPT-violating effects in the leptonic sector. We present the perspectives of CP and CPT tests using this process recorded with a novel detection system for photons in the positron annihilation energy range, the Jagiellonian PET (J-PET). We demonstrate the capability of this system to register three-photon… 
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