Time-reversal reciprocity of the scattering matrix
ID: time-reversal-reciprocity-of-the-scattering-matrix
If a Hermitian interaction-picture Hamiltonian satisfies for an antiunitary operator, its Dyson series conjugates to . The substitution converts ordered integration to anti-ordered integration, giving . Antiunitarity then gives the displayed reciprocity: the time-reversed process has the reversed outgoing state as its incoming state and vice versa. It does not merely reverse the momenta while leaving their incoming/outgoing roles fixed.
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