Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
Citazione:
Introduction of a Classical Level in Quantum Theory : Continuous Monitoring / G.M. Prosperi. - In: FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS. - ISSN 0015-9018. - 46:11(2016 Nov), pp. 1426-1460.
Abstract:
In an old paper of our group in Milano a formalism was introduced for the continuous monitoring of a system during a certain interval of time in the framework of a somewhat generalized approach to quantum mechanics (QM). The outcome was a distribution of probability on the space of all the possible continuous histories of a set of quantities to be considered as a kind of coarse grained approximation to some ordinary quantum observables commuting or not. In fact the main aim was the introduction of a classical level in the context of QM, treating formally a set of basic quantities, to be considered as beables in the sense of Bell, as continuously taken under observation. However the effect of such assumption was a permanent modification of the Liouville-von Neumann equation for the statistical operator by the introduction of a dissipative term which is in conflict with basic conservation rules in all reasonable models we had considered. Difficulties were even encountered for a relativistic extension of the formalism. In this paper I propose a modified version of the original formalism which seems to overcome both difficulties. First I study the simple models of an harmonic oscillator and a free scalar field in which a coarse grain position and a coarse grained field respectively are treated as beables. Then I consider the more realistic case of spinor electrodynamics in which only certain coarse grained electric and magnetic fields are introduced as classical variables and no matter related quantities.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
classical variables; continuous monitoring; quantum mechanics; spinor electrodynamics; physics and astronomy (all)
Elenco autori:
G.M. Prosperi
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