Time reversal for unstable particles

✍ Scribed by L.S Schulman

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 481 KB
• Volume: 72
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-4916
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-4916(72)90223-0

✦ Synopsis

The time reversal operator (T) for unstable particles is defined such that the fact of decay of the particle is not mistaken for a dynamical violation of T in the decay. This definition is not valid where the medium in which the decay takes place may have its own intrinsic T violation. Based on this limitation, some effort is made to restrict the conclusions drawn from apparent T violation in K meson decay.