Are all of the quantum numbers of anti-particles opposite

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Hey

Just wondering-

Are all of the quantum numbers of anti-particles opposite to their corresponding particle quantum numbers?

I know that lepton numbers are opposite for particles and anti particles
As is charge...

But what about the quantum numbers like strangeness, spin, parity etc etc?

Are they opposite too?

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Radiohannah said:
Hey
But what about the quantum numbers like strangeness, spin, parity etc etc?
S is opposite.
Spin and spin projection doesn't change.
Parity is defined for the particle-antiparticle pair for fermions.
It is negative for fermion-antifermion,
Parity of an antiboson is the same as for the boson.
 
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i suppose the correct statement would be "antiparticles have negative INTERNAL quantum numbers". Here, the word "INTERNAL" means not spacetime.

Examples of "internal QN": electric charge, strangeness, baryon number...

Examples of "spacetime QN": mass, momentum, helicity...