Relativistic Quantum Mechanics without Gauge Invariance
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_ _. We argue that th&crossing (CPT) y s mmetry of relativistic quantum mechanics requires that both the Coulombic and the Newtonian force between pairs of particles will reverse when one is replaced by its anti-particle. For consistency, this requires a theory in which both the equivalence principle and gauge invariance are abandoned. Thus whether ant,i-hydrogen " falls " up or down will provide an experiment crusis separating general relativity and gauge invariance from this version of quantum-mechanics.
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تاریخ انتشار 1992