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The discovery of CP violation

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This contribution, a personal recollection by the author, is part of a special issue CERN’s accelerators, experiments and international integration 1959–2009. Guest Editor: Herwig Schopper [Schopper, Herwig. 2011. Editorial. Eur. Phys. J. H 36: 437]

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Cronin, J.W. The discovery of CP violation. EPJ H 36, 487–508 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2011-20057-4

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