Arntzenius, Frank and Greaves, Hilary (2007) Time reversal in classical electromagnetism. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Richard Feynman has claimed that anti-particles are nothing but particles `propagating backwards in time'; that time reversing a particle state always turns it into the corresponding anti-particle state. According to standard quantum field theory textbooks this is not so: time reversal does not turn particles into anti-particles. Feynman's view is interesting because, in particular, it suggests a nonstandard, and possibly illuminating, interpretation of the CPT theorem. In this paper, we explore a classical analog of Feynman's view, in the context of the recent debate between David Albert and David Malament over time reversal in classical electromagnetism.
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| Commentary on: | Malament, David (2003) "On the Time Reversal Invariance of Classical Electromagnetic Theory". [Preprint] | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Time reversal, electromagnetism, antiparticles | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles |
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| Depositing User: | Hilary Greaves | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2007 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:15 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 3280 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles |
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| Date: | February 2007 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3280 |
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