The genesis of the CPT theorem

Alexander S. Blum; Andrés Martínez de Velasco

doi:10.1140/epjh/s13129-022-00037-w

The genesis of the CPT theorem

Alexander S. Blum^*, Andrés Martínez de Velasco

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We reconstruct the genesis of the CPT theorem in quantum field theory from the first proofs of the spin-statistics theorem in 1939/1940 to the discovery of parity violation in 1957. Centrally, we highlight that the original motivation for pursuing the CPT theorem lay primarily in the attempt to identify the correct formulation of time reversal in relativistic quantum field theories.

Original language	English
Article number	5
Pages (from-to)	1-16
Number of pages	16
Journal	European Physical Journal H
Volume	47
Issue number	1
Early online date	4 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-022-00037-w
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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