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causes C'P violation. But the value of this parameter is no better understood
than the value of the electron mass; the physical origin of CP violation remains
a mystery. We will discuss this question further in Section 20.3.
Parity
With this introduction, let us now discuss the action of P, T, and C on Dirac
particles and fields. First consider parity. The operator P should reverse the
momentum of a particle without flipping its spin:
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