f4401 Geometrization of matter and antimatter through coadjoint action of a group on its momentum space. 3: Geometrical description of Dirac's antimatter. A first geometrical interpretation of antimatter after Feynman and the so-called CPT theorem. . Jean-Pierre Petit & Pierre Midy Observatory of Marseille France ---
Abstract.
...We include antichron elements in the dynamic group. Then we get movements and moments involving T-symmetry, like PT-symmetric movements and CPT-symmetric movements. The first evoke the Feynman's vision of antimatter and the second the so-called "CPT theorem". But time-inversion, from coadjoint action, changes the sign of the mass and energy. The PT-symmetrical of a particle of matter does not longer identify to Dirac's antiparticle, as Feynman thought. It is an antiparticle, but with negative mass. Same thing for CPT theorem: the CPT-symmetrical of a particle of matter is a particle of matter, but with negative mass.
1) Introduction.
...In former papers ([1] and [2]) we have given a geometrical interpretation of antimatter. Matter and antimatter are supposed to have their personal playing field {z i > 0} and {z i < 0} in a ten dimensional space :
(1) { z 1 , z 2 , z 3 , z 4 , z 5 , z 6 , x , y , z , t}
composed by space-time { x , y , z , t } plus six additional dimensions. The playing field of photons corresponds to the {z i > 0} plane.
...Our 16 dimension groups gives six additional scalars, identified to quantum charges. The basic geometric definition of antimatter we suggest corresponds to :
(2) z-symmetry : { z i} ----> {- z i}
...Through a four component group [2] we have shown that, in such conditions, the z-symmetry goes with a C-symmetry, which corresponds to Dirac's antimatter [3], [4] and [5].
Feynman suggested an alternative description of antimatter. The argument is the following.
If we consider the evolution of a particle owing a mass m and an impulse p, its energy is :
(3)
Suppose that this particle, moving in the "twin fold" F*, goes from a state 1 ( P1 ) to a state 2 ( P2 ).
We just keep one space marker x = x1 ( doing x2 = 0 and x3 = 0 ). The amplitude of such an evolution is :
(4)
( where, conventionally, c = h = 1 ) .
...This path owns a conjugated image in our space-time fold F. Due to the effect of PT symmetry, the "vision" of some hypothetical observers, located in the folds F and F*, would be different. For the observer located in the fold F the particle, owing a mass m and an impulse p moves from the state 2 to the state 1 ( P and T both add a minus sign to the impulse ). This movement occurs during a time-interval Dt' = t'1 - t'2 = t2 - t1, and from a position x2 to a position x1.
...If, for an example, a neutrino ne, with a left helicity, moves in the fold F*, from the "point of view" of the fold F its helicity will be reversed: it will be an antineutrino.
3) Shifting to complete extended Poincaré group.
...The idea of Feynman ( PT-symmetrical particles ) implies the presence of antichron components in the group. In the group presented in reference [1] and [2] space inversion is already present, due to their presence in the basic orthochron Lorentz group. They are required to take account of distinct helicities for photons and neutrinos.
We could extend the group, introducing a time-switch matrix :
(5)
...Multiplying and the elements of the orthochron sub-group we could build the antichron components. But let us do it in a simpler way :
(6)
...This group contains all the required components : orthochron and antichron, but such writing evidences the PT-symmetry ( m = - 1 ) in a convenient way.
...This is a eight components group ( 2 x 2 x 2 ). The group of [2] is a sub-group of (6) whence the group of [2] was a sub-group of the one of [1].
The coadjoint action is found to be :
(7)
Here again, we identify the scalars c i to the particle's charges set :
(8) {c i} = { q , cB , cL , cm , ct , v }
l = - 1 achieves :
(9) z - Symmetry : {z i} ----> {- z i}
Here again z - Symmetry is assimilated to matter-antimatter duality.
...With this material we can analyze the impact of the different components on the momentum. As we have antichron terms our momentum space must be extended to ( E < 0 ) momentum sectors. See figure 1.
. Fig.1 : Momentum space with positive and negative energy sectors.
