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- Can weak interaction on conduction electrons be seen if electromagnetic cancels out by symmetry?
Are there any plausible semiconducting or superconducting devices which would show clear parity violation?
Electrons in matter are governed overwhelmingly by electromagnetic interactions. Electron-electron, and electron-nuclei.
However, there is in principle some weak interaction. Elastic weak interaction collisions electron-electron and electron-nucleus.
And electromagnetic interactions are constrained by space and time parity.
Are there any effects where the electromagnetic interactions of electrons in conductor would cancel out by parity symmetries, leaving the weak elastic scattering as the macroscopically visible effect?
Electrons in matter are governed overwhelmingly by electromagnetic interactions. Electron-electron, and electron-nuclei.
However, there is in principle some weak interaction. Elastic weak interaction collisions electron-electron and electron-nucleus.
And electromagnetic interactions are constrained by space and time parity.
Are there any effects where the electromagnetic interactions of electrons in conductor would cancel out by parity symmetries, leaving the weak elastic scattering as the macroscopically visible effect?