bacelar valente, mario (2010) Bohr’s quantum postulate and time in quantum mechanics. [Preprint]

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Abstract

In this paper I shall consider the concept of time used in the quantum theory from the perspective of
Bohr’s ideas as presented in what he called the quantum postulate and some of its consequences. In
particular, Bohr’s views on the role of the experimental arrangement that defines the context in which we
can consider the state of the quantum system to be defined – and the related interpretation of the quantum
wave function –, enables a view on the time concept being used in the theory that makes compatible the
discontinuous changes in individual physical systems with a continuous description in time of the
behavior of an ensemble of systems. A crucial aspect will be to show that Bohr’s ideas are coherent with
the use of an external classical time.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID bacelar valente, mario
Keywords:	Bohr, quantum postulate, time, quantum mechanics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	mario bacelar valente
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2010 14:58
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2010 14:58
Item ID:	8335
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	17 March 2010
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8335

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