Talk:Wu experiment/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Reyk (talk · contribs) 15:24, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review this; hope to have it finished in a week or so. It looks pretty good at first glance. Reyk _YO! 15:24, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Miscellaneous points

Wu being the first Wolf Prize winner should be cited; here is a suitable source
It's not clear from the article what is the distinction between "a mirrored version of the world and the mirror image of the current world."
The point about the Wu experiment being a way to define left and right operationally is important and should be mentioned in the lead. It's clearer to the average reader than subtle technical points about parity conservation.

Comment

Coincidentally, I was looking at the page because I wanted to know the details of Wu's experiment, and I found this review. I think the article is good, but not great. Its major weakness is that it skips over the real principle behind the experiment very quickly: there's a lot of exposition about the setup and the decay, but then what you expect to see, and crucially why, is left to a sentence or two. The diagram in "The Experiment" section that endeavours to explain the theoretical setup could also be better, or at least far better explained. I can try to add a few sentences to effect these emendations and you can judge for yourself if that's any better. Krea (talk) 17:52, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]