McCabe, Gordon (2004) Does an elementary particle have a unique intrinsic state? [Preprint]
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Abstract
J.M.G. Fell and other authors have asserted that an elementary particle has only one `intrinsic' state. I will argue that this claim is not consistent with the mathematical structures and objects used to represent an elementary particle in relativistic quantum theory.
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| Keywords: | elementary particle symmetry intrinsic perdurantism endurantism |
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory |
| Depositing User: | Gordon McCabe |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2004 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 11:12 |
| Item ID: | 1999 |
| URI: | http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1999 |
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