Time reversal of pseudo-spin 1/2 degrees of freedom

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2010.08.008MaRDI QIDQ418452zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ralph Winkler, U. Zülicke

Publication date 29 May 2012

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.2169

zbMATH Keywords

dynamical symmetryfoundations of quantum mechanicsreversal of motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25)

Abstract: We show that pseudo-spin 1/2 degrees of freedom can be categorized in two types according to their behavior under time reversal. One type exhibits the properties of ordinary spin whose three Cartesian components are all odd under time reversal. For the second type, only one of the components is odd while the other two are even. We discuss several physical examples for this second type of pseudo-spin and highlight observable consequences that can be used to distinguish it from ordinary spin.

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