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Invalidity of TCP-theorem for infinite-component fields

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Necessary conditions are given for the TCP invariance of a local field with usual energy-momentum spectrum. Examples are constructed of both Fermi and Bose local free infinite-component fields which violate these conditions and consequently do not allow a TCP symmetry.

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  1. A. I. Oksak

    Present address: Institute for High Energy Physics, Serpukhov, UdSSR

  2. I. T. Todorov

    Present address: Institute for Advanced Study, 08540, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

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    A. I. Oksak & I. T. Todorov

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Oksak, A.I., Todorov, I.T. Invalidity of TCP-theorem for infinite-component fields. Commun.Math. Phys. 11, 125–130 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645900

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