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View SchemaDeflating Quantum Mysteries via the Relational Blockworld
| Authors | W. M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Michael Cifone |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0503065 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503065 |
| DOI | 10.4006/1.3025794 |
Abstract
We present a spacetime setting for non-relativistic quantum mechanics that deflates "quantum mysteries" and relates non-relativistic quantum mechanics to special relativity. This is achieved by assuming spacetime symmetries are fundamental in a blockworld setting, i.e., by interpreting spacetime relations as fundamental to relata. To justify this Relational Blockworld (RBW), we adopt a result due to G. Kaiser whereby the relativity of simultaneity, stemming from the Poincare algebra of special relativity, is responsible for the canonical commutation relations of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. And, we incorporate a result due to A. Bohr, B. Mottelson and O. Ulfbeck whereby the density matrix for a given experimental situation is obtained from its spacetime symmetry group. We provide an example to illustrate the explanatory nature of RBW and conclude by explaining how RBW deflates "quantum mysteries."
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