Atkinson, David (2005) Does Quantum Electrodynamics Have an Arrow of Time? [Preprint]
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Abstract
Quantum electrodynamics is a time-symmetric theory that is part of the electroweak interaction, which is invariant under a generalized form of this symmetry, the PCT transformation. The thesis is defended that the arrow of time in electrodynamics is a consequence of the assumption of an initial state of high order, together with the quantum version of the equiprobability postulate.
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| Keywords: | time, arrow, quantum electrodynamics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory | ||||||
| Depositing User: | David Atkinson | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2005 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:13 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 2571 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory | ||||||
| Date: | December 2005 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2571 |
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