CPT transformation of Dirac bilinears

ID: cpt-transformation-of-dirac-bilinears

For a Hermitian fermion bilinear, an antiunitary operator implementing CPT conjugates numerical coefficients and exchanges particle and antiparticle fields at . Reordering the fermions then gives when . Thus scalar, pseudoscalar and tensor bilinears are even, while vector and axial-vector bilinears are odd. Each derivative contributes another minus sign. The graded reordering is essential; treating Dirac fields as commuting quantities gives the wrong transformation.

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