QFT, antimatter, and symmetry

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40 (3):209-222 (2009)
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A systematic analysis is made of the relations between the symmetries of a classical field and the symmetries of the one-particle quantum system that results from quantizing that field in regimes where interactions are weak. The results are applied to gain a greater insight into the phenomenon of antimatter.

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10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.07.002

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Antimatter.David John Baker & Hans Halvorson - 2010 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 61 (1):93-121.

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