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Three Merry Roads to T-Violation

Roberts, Bryan W. (2013) Three Merry Roads to T-Violation. In: [2013] Workshop on Cosmology and Time (State College, PA; 16-17 April 2013).

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    Abstract

    This paper is a tour of how the laws of nature can distinguish between the past and the future, or be T-violating. I argue that, in terms of the basic argumentative structure, there are really just three approaches currently being explored. I show how each is characterized by a symmetry principle, which provides a template for detecting T-violating laws even without knowing the laws of physics themselves. Each approach is illustrated with an example, and the prospects of each are considered in extensions of particle physics beyond the standard model.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Keywords: symmetry, time, T-violation, particle physics, quantum mechanics
    Subjects: General Issues > Laws of Nature
    Specific Sciences > Physics
    Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
    Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances
    Conferences and Volumes: [2013] Workshop on Cosmology and Time (State College, PA; 16-17 April 2013)
    Depositing User: Bryan Roberts
    Date Deposited: 27 Jun 2013 11:19
    Last Modified: 27 Jun 2013 11:19
    Item ID: 9851
    URI: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9851

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