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View SchemaSpontaneous Breaking of the Quantum Superposition
| Authors | Vladan Pankovic, Milan Predojevic |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0701241 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701241 |
Abstract
In this work spontaneous (non-dynamical) breaking (effective hiding) of the unitary quantum mechanical dynamical symmetry (superposition) is considered. It represents an especial but very interesting case of the general formalism of the spontaneous symmetry breaking (effective hiding). Conceptual analogies with spontaneous breaking of the gauge symmetry in Weinberg-Sallam's electro-weak interaction are pointed out. Also, consequences of the spontaneous superposition breaking in the measurement process are discussed. Measurement can be considered as a typical Landau's continuous phase transition with spontaneous superposition breaking (effective hiding) effectively corresponding to collapse. Here critical values of the order parameters are determined by Heisenberg's uncertainty relations.
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