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View SchemaQuantum mechanics as "space-time statistical mechanics"?
| Authors | Anders Månsson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0501133 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0501133 |
Abstract
In this paper we discuss and analyse the idea of trying to see (non-relativistic) quantum mechanics as a ``space-time statistical mechanics'', by using the classical statistical mechanical method on objective microscopic space-time configurations. It is argued that this could perhaps be accomplished by giving up the assumption that the objective ``state'' of a system is independent of a future measurement performed on the system. This idea is then applied in an example of quantum state estimation on a qubit system.
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