Roberts, Bryan W. (2011) Does quantum time have a preferred direction? [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper states and proves a precise sense in which, if all the measurable properties of an ordinary quantum mechanical system are ultimately derivable from position, then time in quantum mechanics can have no preferred direction. In particular, I show that when the position observable forms a complete set of commuting observables, Galilei invariant quantum mechanics is guaranteed to be time reversal invariant.
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| Additional Information: | This work benefited from a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant #1058902. | ||||||
| Keywords: | quantum, mechanics, time reversal, ontology | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Bryan W. Roberts | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2011 13:11 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2012 19:34 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 8811 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics Specific Sciences > Physics > Symmetries/Invariances |
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| Date: | 2011 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8811 |
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