Arntzenius, Frank and Greaves, Hilary (2007) Time reversal in classical electromagnetism. [Preprint]

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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 eld 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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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Arntzenius, Frank Greaves, Hilary
Keywords:	Time reversal, symmetries, electromagnetism, CPT
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Depositing User:	Hilary Greaves
Date Deposited:	05 May 2009
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:17
Item ID:	4601
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles
Date:	November 2007
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4601

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