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International conference "QP 34 – Quantum Probability and Related Topics"
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How can many body QM as well as Fock space QFT emerge out of first quantization with one extra coordinate R. Sverdlov Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali |
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Abstract: One of the key difficulties in the interpretation of quantum mechanics is the fact that “probability amplitude” is complex valued, while the “probabilities” we know from classical physics are positive and real. However, if we think of wave function as an analogue of classical “classical field” AS OPPOSED TO probability amplitude, then there would no longer be a conceptual problem: after all it doesn't contradict our intuition that classical electromagnetic field can have both signs, nor does its interference contradict our intuition either. One of the commonly cited obstacles in comparing wave function to classical field is the fact that we don't understand its collase. However, there are some collapse models (Bohmian mechanics, GRW, etc). Nor is superluminal signaling a problem either: we can claim that we have quasi-relativity as opposed to true relativity, meaning that there is preferred frame we just don't see one. What I believe to be far bigger obstacle in viewing wave function as classical field is the fact that classical field lives in Language: English |