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Relativistic Probability Amplitudes and State Preparation

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The wave function for a spinless charged particle in an electromagnetic field is decomposed into two probability amplitudes, one for a particle and one for an antiparticle. The particle amplitude is specified at the initial time and the antiparticle amplitude at the final time. Time reflection invariance indicates that the preparation of the antiparticle state at the final time should be carried out by observers composed of antiparticles. A model of elementary particles shows how relativistic quantum mechanics can be used to describe all reactions.

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  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA

    Egon Marx

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  1. Department of Physics, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

    Menas Kafatos

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Marx, E. (1989). Relativistic Probability Amplitudes and State Preparation. In: Kafatos, M. (eds) Bell’s Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0849-4_19

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