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Does an elementary particle have a unique intrinsic state?
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J.M.G. Fell and other authors have asserted that an elementary particle has only one `intrinsic' state. I will argue that this claim is not consistent with the mathematical structures and objects used to represent an elementary particle in relativistic quantum theory.Links
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An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.Paul Teller - 1995 - Princeton University Press.
An Interpretative Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.Paul Teller - 1996 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47 (1):152-153.
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