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From matter to mind - Fredrik Sandin

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<strong>Fredrik</strong> <strong>Sandin</strong> <strong>From</strong> <strong>matter</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>mind</strong><br />

Mirror <strong>matter</strong> – natural dark-<strong>matter</strong> candidate<br />

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Weak interactions violate parity symmetry (strange fact)<br />

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The weak sec<strong>to</strong>r of the SM is odd in general<br />

(massive gauge bosons, flavour-changing)<br />

LHC expected <strong>to</strong> clarify, in particular the Higgs sec<strong>to</strong>r<br />

(but physicists hope “something else” will appear)<br />

Parity-symmetry res<strong>to</strong>ration → “mirror particles”<br />

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Lee & Yang (1956); Foot, Lew & Volkas, PLB 272 (1991)<br />

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His<strong>to</strong>ry & refs: Okun, Phys. Usp. 50 (2007); hep-ph/0606202<br />

Two sec<strong>to</strong>rs of material reality: ordinary and mirror<br />

Space-time is common <strong>to</strong> both sec<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

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Mirror and ordinary particles interact by gravity

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