Published August 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Dirac's causality leads to time asymmetry

  • 1. Department of physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712 (United States)
  • 2. Hakodate National College of Technology, Tokura-cho 14-1, Hakodate, 042-8501 (Japan)

Description

On the basis of Dirac's causality, we will show that the time evolution is limited to a semigroup. The abstract vector space for states and (yes-or-no) observables are then not the entire Hilbert space but its particular dense subspaces, called Hardy spaces. The Hardy spaces and their functional spaces together make the Hardy rigged Hilbert spaces, which is also called the time-asymmetric boundary condition (TABC). We will illustrate the usage of the TABC with the neutral kaon decay experiment.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/128/1/012040

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
128
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
5. international symposium on quantum theory and symmetries
Dates
22-28 Jul 2007
Place
Valladolid (Spain)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41036443
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASYMMETRY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAUSALITY; HILBERT SPACE; KAONS NEUTRAL; PARTICLE DECAY; T INVARIANCE
Descriptors DEC
BANACH SPACE; BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; KAONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MESONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; SPACE; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES