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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do you mean by time reversal symmetry of a particle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If you run events in reverse, the same laws of physics hold.

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

was that an electron moving forward in time , or a positron moving backwards in time/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No, that's not what is meant. The time reversal of an electron moving to the right with velocity \(\vec v\) is an electron moving to the left with velocity \(-\vec v\). It's as if the video were being played backwards.

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

moving backward in time the electron will be attracted to negative

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