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A ``problem of time''' in the multiplicative scheme for the n-site hopper
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Title: | A ``problem of time''' in the multiplicative scheme for the n-site hopper |
Authors: | Wilkes, H Dowker, H Lewandowski, C Havlicek, V |
Item Type: | Journal Article |
Abstract: | Quantum measure theory (QMT) is an approach to quantum mechanics, based on the path integral, in which quantum theory is conceived of as a generalised stochastic process. One of the postulates of QMT is that events with zero quantum measure do not occur, however this is not sufficient to give a full picture of the quantum world. Determining the other postulates is a work in progress and this paper investigates a proposal called the multiplicative scheme for QMT in which the physical world corresponds, essentially, to a set of histories from the path integral. This scheme is applied to Sorkin's n-site hopper, a discrete, unitary model of a single particle on a ring of n sites, motivated by free Schrödinger propagation. It is shown that the multiplicative scheme's global features lead to the conclusion that no non-trivial, time-finite event can occur. |
Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2017 |
Date of Acceptance: | 21-Sep-2017 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/51230 |
DOI: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/aa8e72 |
ISSN: | 1751-8113 |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Journal / Book Title: | Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical |
Volume: | 50 |
Copyright Statement: | Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
Sponsor/Funder: | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) |
Funder's Grant Number: | ST/G000743/1 ST/J000353/1 ST/L00044X/1 |
Keywords: | quant-ph 01 Mathematical Sciences 02 Physical Sciences Mathematical Physics |
Publication Status: | Published |
Article Number: | 455303 |
Appears in Collections: | Physics Theoretical Physics Faculty of Natural Sciences |