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

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2010.08.008zbMATH Open1238.81134arXiv0909.2169OpenAlexW1996319769MaRDI QIDQ418452FDOQ418452

Authors: Ralph Winkler, U. Zülicke 

Publication date: 29 May 2012

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

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.

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

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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)

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