Quantum Physics
[Submitted on 5 Apr 2022 (v1), last revised 30 May 2022 (this version, v3)]
Title:The Problem of Irreversible Change in Quantum Mechanics
View PDFAbstract:I prove that, if a change happens in a closed quantum system so that its state is perfectly distinguishable from all past or future states, the Hamiltonian is $\widehat{H}=-i\hbar\frac{\partial\ }{\partial\tau}$. A time operator $\widehat{\tau}$ can be defined as its canonical conjugate. This Hamiltonian is usually rejected because it has no ground state, but I show that even a weaker form of irreversibility is inconsistent with a ground state.
What is the right choice, that the world's Hamiltonian is $-i\hbar\frac{\partial\ }{\partial\tau}$, or that changes are reversible?
Submission history
From: Ovidiu Cristinel Stoica [view email][v1] Tue, 5 Apr 2022 15:03:45 UTC (12 KB)
[v2] Mon, 2 May 2022 16:15:54 UTC (12 KB)
[v3] Mon, 30 May 2022 18:04:15 UTC (13 KB)
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