Atomic Parity Violation. Early days, present results, prospects

Abstract

This is a personal recollection of the time when the search for APV was beginning. In spite of today's remarkable results, summarized here, there are still important goals to be achieved. I indicate a possible way to tackle the remaining experimental challenges, by adapting methods now of frequent use in precision metrology.

Comments: 7 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Il Nuovo Cimento C (PAVI 2011 conference proceedings)