Global Topology and Local Violation of Discrete Symmetries

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dc.creatorAnandan, Jeeva
dc.date1997-06-25
dc.date1997-07-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:58:53Z
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dc.descriptionCosmological models that are locally consistent with general relativity and the standard model in which an object transported around the universe undergoes P, C and CP transformations, are constructed. This leads to generalization of the gauge fields that describe electro-weak and strong interactions by enlarging the gauge groups to include anti-unitary transformations. Gedanken experiments show that if all interactions obey Einstein causality then P, C and CP cannot be violated in these models. But another model, which would violate charge superselection rule even for an isolated system, is allowed. It is suggested that the fundamental physical laws must have these discrete symmetries which are broken spontaneously, or they must be non causal.
dc.description12 pages, 1 figure, latex, Revtex. Charge conjugation which is physically implemented in a cosmology with the appropriate topology is described in more detail. Some minor errors are corrected. Shortened to meet the page limit of Physical Review Letters to which this paper was submitted
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9706181
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9706181
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.81:1363-1366,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1363
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/187262
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleGlobal Topology and Local Violation of Discrete Symmetries
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