scholarly journals EMERGENT QUANTUM MECHANICS AS A CLASSICAL, IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350007 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. ACOSTA ◽  
P. FERNÁNDEZ DE CÓRDOBA ◽  
J. M. ISIDRO ◽  
J. L. G. SANTANDER
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Semiclassical Approximation ◽  
Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Feynman Path Integral ◽  
Fundamental Theory ◽  
Feynman Path ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Effective Description

We present an explicit correspondence between quantum mechanics and the classical theory of irreversible thermodynamics as developed by Onsager, Prigogine et al. Our correspondence maps irreversible Gaussian Markov processes into the semiclassical approximation of quantum mechanics. Quantum-mechanical propagators are mapped into thermodynamical probability distributions. The Feynman path integral also arises naturally in this setup. The fact that quantum mechanics can be translated into thermodynamical language provides additional support for the conjecture that quantum mechanics is not a fundamental theory but rather an emergent phenomenon, i.e. an effective description of some underlying degrees of freedom.

scholarly journals p-Adic Path Integrals for Quadratic Actions

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 1455-1463 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. S. Djordjević ◽  
B. Dragovich
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Path Integrals ◽  
Probability Amplitude ◽  
Exact Form ◽  
Feynman Path Integral ◽  
Feynman Path ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ordinary Quantum

The Feynman path integral in p-adic quantum mechanics is considered. The probability amplitude [Formula: see text] for one-dimensional systems with quadratic actions is calculated in an exact form, which is the same as that in ordinary quantum mechanics.

STATIONARY PHASE, QUANTUM MECHANICS AND SEMI-CLASSICAL LIMIT

1996 ◽  
Vol 08 (08) ◽  
pp. 1161-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
JORGE REZENDE
Keyword(s):  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Stationary Phase ◽  
Finite Number ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Classical Limit ◽  
Oscillatory Integral ◽  
Feynman Path Integral ◽  
Feynman Path

A method of stationary phase for the normalized-oscillatory integral on Hilbert space is developed in the case where the phase function has a finite number of critical points which are non-degenerate. Applications to the Feynman path integral and the semi-classical limit of quantum mechanics are given.

The Schrödinger Equation, Path Integration and Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Everaldo M. Bonotto ◽  
Felipe Federson ◽  
Márcia Federson
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Path Integration ◽  
Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Feynman Integral ◽  
Feynman Path Integral ◽  
Feynman Path ◽  
Henstock Integral ◽  
The Mean

The Schrödinger equation is fundamental in quantum mechanics as it makes it possible to determine the wave function from energies and to use this function in the mean calculation of variables, for example, as the most likely position of a group of one or more massive particles. In this paper, we present a survey on some theories involving the Schrödinger equation and the Feynman path integral. We also consider a Feynman–Kac-type formula, as introduced by Patrick Muldowney, with the Henstock integral in the description of the expectation of random walks of a particle. It is well known that the non-absolute integral defined by R. Henstock “fixes” the defects of the Feynman integral. Possible applications where the potential in the Schrödinger equation can be highly oscillating, discontinuous or delayed are mentioned in the end of the paper.

A short course on quantum mechanics and methods of quantization

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (08) ◽  
pp. 1560008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Ercolessi
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Hilbert Spaces ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Classical Mechanics ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Feynman Path Integral ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Feynman Path ◽  
Geometric Structures ◽  
Short Course

These notes collect the lectures given by the author to the "XXIII International Workshop on Geometry and Physics" held in Granada (Spain) in September 2014. The first part of this paper aims at introducing a mathematical oriented reader to the realm of Quantum Mechanics (QM) and then to present the geometric structures that underline the mathematical formalism of QM which, contrary to what is usually done in Classical Mechanics (CM), are usually not taught in introductory courses. The mathematics related to Hilbert spaces and Differential Geometry are assumed to be known by the reader. In the second part, we concentrate on some quantization procedures, that are founded on the geometric structures of QM — as we have described them in the first part — and represent the ones that are more operatively used in modern theoretical physics. We will discuss first the so-called Coherent State Approach which, mainly complemented by "Feynman Path Integral Technique", is the method which is most widely used in quantum field theory. Finally, we will describe the "Weyl Quantization Approach" which is at the origin of modern tomographic techniques, originally used in optics and now in quantum information theory.

scholarly journals The irreversible quantum

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550013 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Fernández de Córdoba ◽  
J. M. Isidro ◽  
Milton H. Perea ◽  
J. Vazquez Molina
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Time Evolution ◽  
Semiclassical Approximation ◽  
Irreversible Thermodynamics ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Linear Regime ◽  
Dual Theory ◽  
Emergent Phenomenon

We elaborate on the existing notion that quantum mechanics is an emergent phenomenon, by presenting a thermodynamical theory that is dual to quantum mechanics. This dual theory is that of classical irreversible thermodynamics. The linear regime of irreversibility considered here corresponds to the semiclassical approximation in quantum mechanics. An important issue we address is how the irreversibility of time evolution in thermodynamics is mapped onto the quantum-mechanical side of the correspondence.

NELSON'S STOCHASTIC MECHANICS BY MEANS OF FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRALS

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIZ C. L. BOTELHO
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Path Integrals ◽  
Order Equation ◽  
Feynman Path Integral ◽  
Stochastic Mechanics ◽  
Path Integral Formulation ◽  
Feynman Path ◽  
First Order ◽  
Feynman Path Integrals

We show that Nelson's stochastic mechanics suitably formulated as a Hamilton–Jacobi first-order equation leads straightforwardly to the Feynman path integral formulation of quantum mechanics.

scholarly journals A no-go theorem for theories that decohere to quantum mechanics

2018 ◽  
Vol 474 (2214) ◽  
pp. 20170732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciarán M. Lee ◽  
John H. Selby
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Incomplete Information ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Fundamental Theory ◽  
Classical Physics ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Principles ◽  
Effective Description

To date, there has been no experimental evidence that invalidates quantum theory. Yet it may only be an effective description of the world, in the same way that classical physics is an effective description of the quantum world. We ask whether there exists an operationally defined theory superseding quantum theory, but which reduces to it via a decoherence-like mechanism. We prove that no such post-quantum theory exists if it is demanded that it satisfy two natural physical principles: causality and purification . Causality formalizes the statement that information propagates from present to future, and purification that each state of incomplete information arises in an essentially unique way due to lack of information about an environment. Hence, our result can be viewed either as evidence that the fundamental theory of Nature is quantum or as showing in a rigorous manner that any post-quantum theory must abandon causality, purification or both.

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