Fortin, Sebastian and Pasqualini, Matias (2023) Emergence-Free Duality: Phonons and Vibrating Atoms in Crystalline Solids. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The crystalline solids admit of two models: the one of vibrating atoms and the one of phonons. The model of phonons allows explaining certain properties of crystalline solids that the model of vibrating atoms does not allow. Usually, the model of phonons is assigned a diminished ontological status as quasi-particles. Recently, there has been a proposal to homologate the ontological status of phonons with that of emergent particles, such as photons. In this article, this proposal will be critically examined, and it will be proposed that the model of phonons and the model of vibrating atoms are in ontological parity.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Fortin, Sebastian sfortin@conicet.gov.ar Pasqualini, Matias matiaspasqualini@gmail.com
Keywords:	Emergence; Ontological priority; Phonons; Reduction; Tensor product structures
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr. Sebastian Fortin
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2024 22:46
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2024 22:46
Item ID:	23290
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Condensed Matter Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	14 November 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23290

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