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Difference between radiative transition rates in atoms and antiatoms

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We demonstrate that CP violation results in a difference of the partial decay rates of atoms and antiatoms. The magnitude of this difference is estimated.

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Dolgov, A.D., Khriplovich, I.B. & Rudenko, A.S. Difference between radiative transition rates in atoms and antiatoms. Jetp Lett. 96, 421–423 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364012190046

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