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Algebraic time-reversal operation

F. MichelotClaude LeroyV. BoujutHans-rudolf Jauslin

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Pure mathematicsFunction field of an algebraic variety[ PHYS.QPHY ] Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]010304 chemical physics03.65.Fd Algebraic methods - 31.15.Hz Group theoryAlgebraic extensionDimension of an algebraic variety010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics0104 chemical sciencesAlgebraic cycle[PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph]Algebraic methodsQuantum mechanics0103 physical sciencesAlgebraic surfaceReal algebraic geometryAlgebraic functionGroup theoryDifferential algebraic geometryMathematics

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International audience; We analyze the implementation of the time-reversal (TR) transformation in the algebraic approach to tetrahedral local molecules through the chain of groups U(5) U(4) K(4) = A(4) ^ S(4) S(4) Td. We determine the general form of the TR operation using a purely algebraic realization, based exclusively on the requirement that the irreducible representations must not be changed under the time inversion symmetry. As a result we can determine the TR behavior of purely algebraic operators.

https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00021594