2012/02/13 by Guang-jiong Ni, Ni, Guang-jiong, Suqing Chen +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1202.2747
34 pages, 1 figure
openalex publication_date 2012/02/13 · arxiv created 2012/07/23 · arxiv updated 2012/07/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen's paper in 1935 is discussed in parallel with an EPR experiment on K0K0 system in 1998, yielding a strong hint of distinction in both wave-function and operators between particle and antiparticle at the level of quantum mechanics (QM). Then it is proposed that the CPT invariance in particle physics leads naturally to a basic postulate that the (newly defined) space-time inversion (\bf x→ -\bf x,t→ -t) is equivalent to the transformation between particle and its antiparticle. The evolution of this postulate from nonrelativistic QM via relativistic QM till the quantum field theory is discussed in some detail. The Klein paradox for both Klein-Gordon equation and Dirac equation is also discussed. Keywords: CPT invariance, Antiparticle, Quantum mechanics, Quantum field theory