Discrete symmetries and the propagator approach to coupled fermions in quantum field theory. Generalities: the case of a single fermion-antifermion pair

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2010.05.016zbMATH Open1198.81141arXiv0809.0431OpenAlexW3124578525MaRDI QIDQ710463FDOQ710463

Authors: Q. Duret, B. Machet 

Publication date: 19 October 2010

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Starting from Wigner's symmetry representation theorem, we give a general account of discrete symmetries (parity P, charge conjugation C, time-reversal T), focusing on fermions in Quantum Field Theory. We provide the rules of transformation of Weyl spinors, both at the classical level (grassmanian wave functions) and quantum level (operators). Making use of Wightman's definition of invariance, we outline ambiguities linked to the notion of classical fermionic Lagrangian. We then present the general constraints cast by these transformations and their products on the propagator of the simplest among coupled fermionic system, the one made with one fermion and its antifermion. Last, we put in correspondence the propagation of C eigenstates (Majorana fermions) and the criteria cast on their propagator by C and CP invariance.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0431

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zbMATH Keywords

propagatorspinorsLorentz invariancediscrete symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Quantum stochastic calculus (81S25)

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• BINARY SYSTEMS OF NEUTRAL MESONS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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