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Tests of electric charge conservation and the Pauli principle

This brief critical review discusses attempts to check the accuracy with which experiments confirm conservation of electrical charge and the Pauli principle. The unavailability is emphasized of an internally consistent phenomenological theory which could describe a violation of charge conservation and/or of the Pauli principle. Longitudinal photons play a fundamental role in nonconservation of charge. New proposals concerning verification of the Pauli principle are discussed.

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PACS: 11.30.Er, 13.35.−r, 14.60.Cd, 13.40.Hq (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1989v032n06ABEH002727
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1989/6/d/
Citation: Okun’ L B "Tests of electric charge conservation and the Pauli principle" Sov. Phys. Usp. 32 543–547 (1989)
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Оригинал: Окунь Л Б «О проверке закона сохранения электрического заряда и принципа Паули» УФН 158 293–301 (1989); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0158.198906d.0293

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