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View SchemaCan you do quantum mechanics without Einstein?
| Authors | Y. S. Kim, Marilyn E. Noz |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0609127 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609127 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.2713454 |
| Journal | AIPConf.Proc.889:152-161,2007 |
Abstract
The present form of quantum mechanics is based on the Copenhagen school of interpretation. Einstein did not belong to the Copenhagen school, because he did not believe in probabilistic interpretation of fundamental physical laws. This is the reason why we are still debating whether there is a more deterministic theory. One cause of this separation between Einstein and the Copenhagen school could have been that the Copenhagen physicists thoroughly ignored Einstein's main concern: the principle of relativity. Paul A. M. Dirac was the first one to realize this problem. Indeed, from 1927 to 1963, Paul A. M. Dirac published at least four papers to study the problem of making the uncertainty relation consistent with Einstein's Lorentz covariance. It is interesting to combine those papers by Dirac to make the uncertainty relation consistent with relativity. It is shown that the mathematics of two coupled oscillators enables us to carry out this job. We are then led to the question of whether the concept of localized probability distribution is consistent with Lorentz covariance.
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