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Time-reversal symmetry in quantum mechanics
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Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-24
A
time
-reversal operator
T
intertwines forward and backward
evolution
:
U
(
t
)
T
=
T
U
(
−
t
)
.
(1)
It must be antiunitary in ordinary
quantum mechanics
. Its conjugate
linearity
sends
i
to
−
i
, allowing it to commute with
a
time
-reversal-invariant
Hamiltonian
rather than reversing the
sign
of its
energy
.
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