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Simple pictorial arguments can demonstrate that the natural and Faraday rotation experiments conserve parity and time-reversal invariance. The method can be used to predict possible new effects without recourse to mathematical theories.
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BARRON, L. Parity and Optical Activity. Nature 238, 17–19 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238017a0
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