The Intrinsic Parity of Elementary Particles Export

@article{citeulike:5637828, abstract = {The limitations to the concept of parity of quantum-mechanical states and; in particular; of intrinsic parity of elementary particles are discussed. These limitations are shown to follow from "superselection rules;" i.e.; from restrictions on the nature and scope of possible measurements. The existence of such superselection rules is proved for the case of spinor fields; it is also conjectured that a superselection rule operates between states of different total charge.}, author = {Wick, G. C. and Wightman, A. S. and Wigner, E. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5637828}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.88.101}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PR/v88/i1/p101_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PR/v88/i1/p101_1}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRev.88.101}, journal = {Physical Review Online Archive (Prola)}, keywords = {elementary, parity, particles, superposition, superselection}, month = {Oct}, number = {1}, pages = {101--105}, posted-at = {2009-08-25 13:34:53}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {The Intrinsic Parity of Elementary Particles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.88.101}, volume = {88}, year = {1952} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5637828 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5637828 N2 - The limitations to the concept of parity of quantum-mechanical states and; in particular; of intrinsic parity of elementary particles are discussed. These limitations are shown to follow from "superselection rules;" i.e.; from restrictions on the nature and scope of possible measurements. The existence of such superselection rules is proved for the case of spinor fields; it is also conjectured that a superselection rule operates between states of different total charge. IS - 1 JF - Physical Review Online Archive (Prola) EP - 105 TI - The Intrinsic Parity of Elementary Particles PB - American Physical Society VL - 88 SP - 101 KW - elementary KW - parity KW - particles KW - superposition KW - superselection AU - Wick, GC AU - Wightman, AS AU - Wigner, EP PY - 1952/Oct// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.88.101 ER -