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Does antiparticles move backwards in time
I have seen this in pop-science, is it correct? Does antiparticles move in the oppisite direction of time? Is it possible to prove this experimentaly? Does it have any practical consequenses? We use PET-scaning everyday, is there anything to consider when working with positrones connected with them moving back in time?
 
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rolnor said:
I have seen this in pop-science
Which should already raise a red flag that the answer to this...

rolnor said:
is it correct?
...is going to be "no". Which it is.

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