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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 305 1 e Solution by
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Write for the Dirac current and for the axial current. Under parity symmetry in quantum field theory, the Dirac spinor phases cancel andThe extra sign for the axial current follows from . Combining these transformations with part (c), both currents transform under CP symmetry as . The vector relativistic quantum field transforms as . The two parity matrices cancel in the tensor contraction, givingFor a real vector relativistic quantum field with , the interaction is invariant under CP symmetry. A complex vector relativistic quantum field instead maps to the conjugate-field interaction, which must be compared with its Hermitian conjugation partner.
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